I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Insight Global (Cincinnati, OH) in Oct 2016
Interview
1. Phone Interview - Lengthy phone interview where they get to know you essentially
2. In-person interview - Met with multiple people. They use typical recruitment exercises, ask you to do things in between interviews in feedback style to see how far they can push you. People are all very nice, interview is laid back, and they ask the typical interview questions.
3. Out to lunch interview - This is to test your soft skills.
This process moved fast- within a week.
I rated this negative for the same reason I was turned off by this job. First is that I asked a lot of questions (which I recommend you do) and, I caught them lying a few times. They would not tell me their success rate/turnover rate. They beat around the bush every time I asked. They told me they didn't just "hire fresh out of school kids" but only "the best of the best" which was an unnecessary lie.Everyone I talked to was hired a month before they graduated, so that was a red flag for me. The next thing I will point out is that it is a shark tank style work environment. They will advertise the job as an Account Manager, but that is not what you are hired as, you have to get promoted to an Account Manager (which is fine too) but I felt like they were using a bait and switch tactic to put people in a shark tank and motivate some and weed out some. They never had the same answer when asked how many account managers were "in-training". I did find out it was over 20 ahead of you. They use a merit based promotion system but still, they had four times the amount of "managers in training" than managers. They use the merit based system as a run around for being able to run a "shark tank" styled environment. The last thing I will touch base on is the out of work requirements to get promoted. This isn't necessarily a bad thing but something to think about; you are required to go out to social events after work with your co-workers. To get the promotion you have to have people that you work with basically "vote" for you. So you will have to be willing to sacrifice your personal time to go out for drinks at least once a week. If you don't live close to the city, that can be expensive unless you want to drink and drive.
Overall the requirements for this position versus the compensation are ridiculous. Do yourself a favor and if your graduating with a four-year degree, pick another job that will pay you more than 30,000 salary the first year and expect you to put in 50 hours of your week.
I applied online. I interviewed at Insight Global (Grand Rapids, MI) in Jun 2026
Interview
Smooth phone screening process. I felt like my answers were adequately answered and I am interested to learn more. I am hesitant as the position does seem like it may be too good to be true.
Small talk is the most importantly part of the interview process. They hire soley for personality and drive so if you show you can be natural with conversation that sets you apart.
easy just have to know how to small talk. they look for depth in your answers and how you can push yourself to be better. they just want to see that you can drive the conversation and be curious about the positon. no experience necesarry.. easy but tbh toxic work env iroment
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Account Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Insight Global with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Account Manager roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 438 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Insight Global overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Insight Global as a Account Manager according to 438 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 31%
Group panel interview: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Background check: 5%
Drug test: 4%
Skills test: 4%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 1%
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