Resident Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at American University with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 76.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Resident Assistant roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at American University overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at American University as a Resident Assistant according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Presentation: 17%
Personality test: 17%
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Asked simple questions about experiences as a student living in the residence halls, including daily interactions with other residents and challenges faced. They also asked how we would react to different situations we might encounter as a resident assistant, focusing on problem solving, communication, and handling conflicts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you manage a situation where you struggled.
I interviewed at American University (Washington, DC)
Interview
I was a Resident Assistant during the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years, and I believe my interview took place in February 2013.
I remember there being an application process and then a full day interview process. If I recall correctly, you had individual interviews in one half of the day and group activities/observation the other half.
Individual interviews were pretty straightforward; I believe you interviewed with two or maybe three folks...or maybe multiple folks in multiple rounds? It was a mix of professional staff and paraprofessional (student) staff.
The group interviews I believe were three different sections.
One was essentially a pretend 1:1 conversation with a student, presumably for gauging our natural instincts at how to respond and have difficult or intense conversations.
One was actually done as a group; a half dozen or so interviewees were asked to work together to “design a residence hall” and this presumably gauged teamwork skills, your dynamic in a group, and potentially also gave some insight into what each candidate saw as essential functions/features of the residence hall.
The third I don’t recall unfortunately at this time.
Group process interview followed by panel interview with RDs. Overall was fairly straightforward, but there were a lot of candidates for the positions. Group process interview followed by panel interview with RDs. Overall was fairly straightforward, but there were a lot of candidates for the positions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How I felt responding to emergency and stressful situations?