I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at ESPN (Bristol, CT) in Jan 2011
Interview
I am not interested in sports, but found it interesting to imagine myself working on a complex sports web site as a designer and information architect. The recruiter pumped me up a lot to ESPN, and ESPN picked me up in a limo in Manhattan, and drove me out to Connecticut to meet the web design team. Abut four people interviewed me, and everyone was really nice and asked great questions. I left with a distinct feeling that the job was mine if I were to press harder, but the football, baseball, basketball, and hockey culture at ESPN just did nothing for me, and I knew that I couldn't do much for them if my heart wasn't in love with sports. Two days later I called and told them this, they respected my decision, and that was that.
I applied online. I interviewed at ESPN in Apr 2022
Interview
There was an initial HR phone call, two panel interviews, and a final interview with the head/director of the team I interviewed for. No design test when I interviewed back in 2022.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at ESPN
Interview
Recruiter interview, 2:1 phone interview, face-to-face group interview.
Everyone was incredibly friendly. New cafe with lots of options, including Starbucks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions about your background and experience--make sure you can back it up.
Design applicants have rated the interview process at ESPN with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Design roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ESPN overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ESPN as a Design according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 21%
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 14%
Personality test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
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