Volunteer Specialist applicants have rated the interview process at American Red Cross with 2.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Volunteer Specialist roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at American Red Cross overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at American Red Cross as a Volunteer Specialist according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
Group panel interview: 25%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Drug test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
One on one interview: 6%
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I applied online. I interviewed at American Red Cross (Baton Rouge, LA) in Jul 2016
Interview
After applying the first contact was done by a recruiter. The second contact was a phone interview done with 2 Red Cross employees. Two to three weeks later there was a 3 person panel interview. If you took away the stress of trying acquire a job then the process was nice.
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at American Red Cross
Interview
The interview was fairly straight forward and I was asked relatively common interview questions about my job experience, why I wanted to work for the The American Red Cross, why I thought I was a good fit for the role, etc.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at American Red Cross
Interview
Multiple panel interviews with staff and volunteers. Staff alternated asking pre determined questions that often seemed inconsequential to the position. Staff used scenarios like trick questions to get responses. The interview process dealt more with what ifs than past experience. Interviewers expected applicants to know detailed processes specific to the company that would not be known to the public.