I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Publicis Sapient (Houston, TX) in Feb 2016
Interview
I was contacted by a Sapient recruiter about an opportunity in their Houston office. I went through three phone screens. After the third phone screen, I contacted the lead recruiter by email for feedback or information on next steps, but I never heard back.
Sapient- please don't recruit candidates who aren't actively looking if you don't intend to close the loop with them.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Publicis Sapient (New York, NY)
Interview
Technical interview. Design a financial app to trade stocks with integration of legacy and SaaS products. Database choices Nosql vs Sql.
Real time data access and performance.
Resources and budget considerations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would lead a team of developers and deliver on time. Quality of software.
I had an Initial call with the recruiter from the company, who was amazing!
Then a Values based call with capability manager
Then a Case study task with two capability managers
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
can you tell me a time where you had to have a difficult conversation with a colleague, how did you handle it?
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Publicis Sapient (Bengaluru)
Interview
For the F E interview, there is a Core J S and Domain round and then with the Vice President in the JS Domain and once selected, the salary negotiation can be done with the recruiter.
Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Publicis Sapient with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Manager roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Publicis Sapient overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Publicis Sapient as a Manager according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 22%
One on one interview: 13%
Background check: 13%
Phone interview: 13%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 4%
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