I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ESPN in Feb 2013
Interview
Applied online through their career site, initially for WatchESPN. Interviewed with a manager from Watch and he thought I would be a better fit for the live events team. Had an interview with a manager rom the live events team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview consisted of basic sports questions (recent championship teams/players mostly) and some basic HTML and CSS questions.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at ESPN (Bristol, CT) in Apr 2015
Interview
Overall the ESPN interview process was long and comprised of about 12 different interviewers but not extremely difficult in terms of questioning. The interviewers began by asking questions about technical background and experience and then would dive into technical questions that required written responses. Just about everyone was extremely pleasant and would be hoping for you to succeed.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Write a function to count the number of palindromes in a given string.
The process took 2 days. I interviewed at ESPN (Bristol, CT) in Jul 2008
Interview
The phone interview was basically about 10 mins describing what my current job entails, then about 30 technical questions about web development. After the phone interview I flew up to Bristol for an interview with about 13 people. about 7 1:1 interviews and 3 paired interviews. Many interviewers had word problems written down that they wanted me to solve. I did not get a break from 8am-5pm. Even during lunch I was sent with 2 interviewers who quizzed me on browser rendering issues. When I asked how they liked the company and the area, I usually got this strange look from the person and said "It is ESPN, what more do you need to know?", which upset me, because I don't care how much ESPN I watch on TV, it seemed like working for them was a glorified sweat shop.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Most unexpected question. Name the latest MVP for the NBA, NHL, MLB AL, MLB NL, NFL, the Naismith award winner, and the Heisman winner.
Web Developer I applicants have rated the interview process at ESPN with 3 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 Web Developer I roles take an average of 25 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 Web Developer I according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Background check: 10%
Other: 10%
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