Candidates applying for Head of Marketing roles take an average of 49 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Jobscan overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Jobscan as a Head of Marketing according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 40%
Other: 20%
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I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Jobscan (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2020
Interview
8 rounds of interviews with a wide variety of staff. Initially screened by recruiting, then COO. Spoke with individuals in marketing, biz development and technology. Then 2 interviews withs with CEO. Also included an exercise that asked for several innovative product marketing ideas, important business metrics and how you'd implement these. The entire process was drawn out over more than 7 weeks. At the end of the day, it appeared that they were looking for a combination of free consulting plans and/or answers to questions that directly matched the CEOs thinking. Was eventually turned down because they felt my answers to questions were not creative and/or detailed enough. However, when I asked questions around how the company developed its strategic plans and OKRs, what metrics were important to the company now and how that was communicated across the organization, how brand identity was managed, how priorities across what appears to be a disjointed marketing execution plan that includes a mix of agencies and limited coordination on B2C, B2B and Biz Dev - I never received any answers. I did get some decent answers around technology. Company's current product is solid, even given some UX/CX issues, but growth is going to be heavily dependent on extending functionality and providing more user value in order to drive growth. Never got clear answer on what the intermediate goals were for the company in the next 18-36 months other than more of the same nor how they would fund this growth. This would appear to be a situation where the CEO is really just looking for someone to agree with and execute his plans. Could be an opportunity for a mid-career marketer more focused on execution but for any experienced marketing executive, this is unlikely a position where you could have any real influence on the direction of the company.
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Question 1
How do you measure LTV. What time period do you use to make the calculation
I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Jobscan (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2020
Interview
8 interviews, held over 7 weeks. Included interview with members of C-level team, a recruiter, and other members of the organization. Two interviews with CEO. Also included an 'at-home' exercise. Questions across most of the interviews were modest reasonable but not difficult. CEO interviews appeared to be searching for answers that would confirm his own beliefs. Marketing questions were banal and fairly rudimentary. Several questions about product, which while decent and has significant opportunities, is fairly 1-Dimensional at present. When I asked questions about how the company sets OKRs and what the vision for the company was in the next 18-36 months, the only response I got back was really just more of the same. Company needs some serious leadership improvements. No clearly described process for goal setting, vision, customer/product development, channel mix, B2C / B2B approach. The other members of the team were earnest, respectful.