Director applicants have rated the interview process at Groupon with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Director roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Groupon overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Groupon as a Director according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
Group panel interview: 18%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Drug test: 9%
One on one interview: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Groupon (Chicago, IL) in Aug 2017
Interview
Phone screen, then Skype with hiring manager, then in person with 7 people. Very focused on the business oriented questions with the senior leaders and other partners asked more behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to deliver difficult news to a team and how you made sure it was heard. Tell me about a time when you had to turn around a low performer. Tell me about a time when you had multiple competing priorities and how you kept the team on track to deliver. Lots of business/hypothetical questions from those involved - how would you approach this etc.
On average there were 5 interviews. Initial phone interview with the recruiter. I received an invitation to other 4 back to back interviews with senior management. The whole process took 5-6 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral interview questions. "Tell me a time ..." type of questions. Read up on STAR technique.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Groupon (Chicago, IL) in Sep 2018
Interview
Initial phone screen followed up with a loop of 5 folks. Questions varied from projects worked on to how measure success in first 90 days. Met for 1 hour per person . Done interviews were over Zoom.