Junior Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Penguin Random House with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 89% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Junior Designer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Penguin Random House overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Penguin Random House as a Junior Designer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 22%
Presentation: 17%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 9%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 4%
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The interviewer was friendly and felt comfortable talking to him. He asked mainly about my projects and portfolio and how the process went. He explained about the working environment and process.
I applied online. I interviewed at Penguin Random House
Interview
Interview was online with two of their senior designers. Mainly spoke through my projects with some general chat afterwards. Really nice experience with plenty of support offered along the way for my disability. They gave great feedback after the interview that was super constructive and will be incredibly helpful going forward.
I applied online. I interviewed at Penguin Random House (New York, NY) in Oct 2021
Interview
1st interview with HR, 2nd interview is 45min-1 hr with design team leads, if you pass, there's a 3rd interview with the design director before making the final decision. Took awhile to hear back on whether or not I got the role.