I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Verizon (Rancho Cordova, CA) in Oct 2014
Interview
I was contacted from an HR recruiter who had found my resume on Indeed and was asked to fill out an online application for the position and to contact him to schedule a phone interview if I was interested. The phone interview lasted about an hour with general interview questions and then I scheduled an assessment that you take at the employment location. The test is broken up into 7 sections that are all taken online. It consists of basic typing, multi-tasking, listening to telephone calls and a few other things, if you are good with computers and have common sense then you will pass it. I was then scheduled for a face to face interview 2 days later in which I totally bombed. The two men interviewing me seemed really irritated, probably had to do with the fact they they were wearing Giants clothing and the World Series was on. They asked me a few questions about why I wanted to work for Verizon and my current responsibilities with the job I have now. The rest of the interview consisted of mock telephone calls. One I had to sell them my iPhone 5s, the other a customer was unhappy about how expensive his bill was, the other a family wanted all new smart phones and a few others. I suggest you really take the time to prepare for how you are going to answer the questions, I did not and it was terrible. After the interview I knew I knew I was not going to be offered the position and was emailed 10 days later confirming.
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I was completely unprepared for the face to face because I only expected 1 "sell me this..." situation and it was 30 minutes of those types of questions. I was thrown off guard because I guess I really didn't think about the sales aspect of the job, only the customer support.
Interviewer was surprisingly extremely rude and not flexible. I was excited for the interview but the hr rep clearly had preconceived attitudes. The gentleman definitely didn’t enjoy his job. The job itself seemed pretty straight forward
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Verizon (Wilmington, NC) in Jan 2021
Interview
The questions were straightforward; they were basic interview questions and required basic skills and knowledge. I thought it was simple compared to various other interviews. I highly recommend for the future if someone is given a job or interview offer
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Describe a time you dealt with a disappointed client?
I applied online. I interviewed at Verizon (Atlanta, GA) in Sep 2020
Interview
Applied online via Verizon careers website. Phone interview with general questions about myself and experience related to position. Video interview with role play. Job offered 2 weeks after video interview .
Customer Service Specialist applicants have rated the interview process at Verizon with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Customer Service Specialist roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 58 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Verizon overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Verizon as a Customer Service Specialist according to 58 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
Drug test: 16%
Skills test: 14%
One on one interview: 13%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 1%
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