I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at The Blackstone Group (New York, NY) in Jun 2014
Interview
Process is long, as you have to interview with HR for one round, go in for another round to be prescreened by their client coordinator, THEN, you meet with the team they think you are a good fit for. Easily 3-5 rounds of interview for an hour minimum or up to 2 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interviewer asked me to play 2 Truths and a Lie. Caught me off guard, but it was a fun way to see his personality. I have a Masters in English, and the interviewer also had a background in English literature and was very thorough in asking me who my favorite authors/genres were and had me compare them to modern day authors.
Received the dreaded "we decided to go with another candidate." That's fine but at least provide honest feedback rather than having my recruiter say that it was "so close" because I have no idea why they passed unless it was ageism.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at The Blackstone Group (London, England) in May 2024
Interview
Interview process was very drawn out with at least 4/5 rounds of interviews for a EA support role. HR member of the team listed we are an exclusive team and do not take on just anyone and that's the way we like it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how do you have experience of being on committees.
Got as far as recruiter— she seemed unemphatic, snooty, unengaged— which made me nervous. She abruptly ended the interview after 11 mins. Didn’t even ask do you have any questions?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself?
Why should we hire your you?
Executive Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at The Blackstone Group with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 13% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Executive Assistant roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Blackstone Group overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Blackstone Group as a Executive Assistant according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 20%
Phone interview: 13%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
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