I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Estée Lauder Companies (New York, NY) in Jan 2011
Interview
The interview was great. First you meet with the person who would be your boss. Then few weeks later, you meet with HR. The Interview process takes a while, you could wait for months to hear back. Once you are able to impress the person hiring you, you are pretty much in. My interview meeting took about 2 hrs. Just be geniune and ask questions. They ask you about what you do, what are your experiences. However I got lucky, the director spoke most of the time.
I applied online. I interviewed at Estée Lauder Companies
Interview
First talked to internal recruiter to make sure position was a match, then had three interviews, first with your hiring manager and each with a higher position, until I was given an offer. Overall long process but worth it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Very conversational, discussed prior experiences and drawings
The position was poorly described; it turns out I wasn't a good fit. It seemed like they wanted a display designer but they actually wanted a renderer. It seemed like interviewer hadn't really been briefed on the role. I interviewed in person in new York.
They were professional. Nothing memorable
Showed my portfolio and explained what they are about. Introduced peoole at the office. Explained the work culture. I'm in creative so it might have been different than other job at elc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How was my old job? What i did? It was very general
Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Estée Lauder Companies with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Designer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Estée Lauder Companies overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Estée Lauder Companies as a Designer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Drug test: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
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