Administrative Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Columbia University with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 55% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Administrative Assistant roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 20 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Columbia University overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Columbia University as a Administrative Assistant according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Phone interview: 25%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 4%
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Very simple and straightforward. I was asked a few standard questions and given the opportunity to ask the hiring team their thoughts about working in the department. Nothing was out of the blue.
I applied online. I interviewed at Columbia University (New York, NY)
Interview
Interviewer stuck to script and seemed uninterested in my responses. Interview was long and uncomfortable. Did not have another interview after the first interview. It was a complete waste of time and also money traveling there.
The first step was a screening phone call with someone from HR. Then, a zoom interview with the hiring manager. After that, there was an in person interview on campus with multiple staff members, the hiring manager again, and some potential colleagues.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an example of a time when you balanced multiple competing deadlines.
Everyone was very enthusiastic in the interview and went all the way through checking my references and even telling me they looked great before sending an automated rejection email. They then told me the rejection email was a mistake and I was still in the running before sending another automated rejection email two weeks later and confirming that one was real but providing no real feedback even after asking as to why I was rejected (or as to why that first rejection email was a mistake).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked a lot of questions about my ability to teach others about technology and new software/processes