I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BlackBerry in Feb 2012
Interview
Great HR/OD process. The interview gave me feedback and made suggestions on other roles that I could apply for.
I really did like the 1:1 interviewer as well, however I got the dreaded 'over-qualified' feedback. It actually happened mid-interview. I had the impression that they were thinking of a different role, however nothing has occurred yet.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BlackBerry in Jan 2010
Interview
got a phone call a week before hand to set up the phone interview. the interview itself took about 1 hour or so. general questions about previous exp and knowledge of company
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for RIM and what do you know about RIM?
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BlackBerry in Nov 2009
Interview
Found the job via the RIM job site and then was sent an e-mail letting me know that I passed the first round of screening and my resume will be available to the hiring manager. Two weeks later I was sent an e-mail notifying my I have been granted an interview. Within 3 days I traveled to Waterloo for an on site interview lasting 1 hour. The next day I received a job offer for the position.
Operations applicants have rated the interview process at BlackBerry with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Operations roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at BlackBerry overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at BlackBerry as a Operations according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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