I was first contacted by a recruiter who had seen my resume on a job-seeking website. He told me I was perfect for a receptionist position at Bridgewater, then went on to tell me the "good, bad, and the ugly" of the company. Bridgewater had approved of my resume and scheduled a phone interview, so the recruiter and i had multiple phone conversations preparing me for the level of questioning I was about to receive. He made me think that Bridgewater people would pry, but after multiple interviews, it seems they really just want to get to the truth, and will keep boiling down question after question until they are satisfied. My phone interview went well and I was told that I would be going in for a group interview. The group interview consisted of four receptionist candidates and three interviewers. They had us first do introductions, then jumped into a group activity where we were "stranded at sea" and had to rank the 15 saved items by value of most important to least important, then work it out as a group. I am familiar with activities like this, so it was not much of a challenge. After finishing and reflecting upon this activity, we moved into talking about our weaknesses, where again, the interviewers weren't satisfied with surface-level answers-- they dug to get to the root of the issue. Once this was over we had a question session for them, and then they went to reflect on the candidates outside of the interview room while we waited. When they returned, about 20 minutes later, they asked me to stay for further discussion/questions and dismissed everyone else. On my own, I was asked to articulate 3 values I thought were most important in customer service, and I was interrogated as to my intentions wanting this position and where I saw myself in the future. They aren't afraid to put you on the spot. The interview lasted, with both group and individual parts, 3.5 hrs.