It was a tougher interview than I expected. Tough writing test. Interviewers were very nice. Culture seemed great. Very similar to other PR firms. Nice interviewers. Two team members interviewed me.
Got an email from an in-house recruiter to hop on a call. The call was pretty casual. Then went in for an interview with two Vice Presidents, both of whom seemed disengaged, unprepared, and curt. Neither of them reviewed my resume beforehand, and both were making up questions on the spot. I felt rude and disrespected. They also ghosted me after the interview.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Weber Shandwick (New York, NY) in Aug 2015
Interview
I reach out to a recruiter via Linkedin about my interest in the AAE position. I was emailed by HR few weeks after I made initial contact. I then had a phone interview with HR. A week later I came in for a in person interview. I met with 3 people from each team on different levels. It was very fast. 30 mins for each person. I tried to give the as much information about me as I could and I tried to ask them a lot of questions. At the end if the interview I met with HR who told me the next steps would be a writing test. I was never sent the writing test so I knew I did not get the position. Overall it was a little unorganized, but efficient.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In a situation you cannot finish a product or ask help from you team. What do you do? (This was a really hard question)
Assistant Account Executive applicants have rated the interview process at Weber Shandwick with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Assistant Account Executive roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Weber Shandwick overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Weber Shandwick as a Assistant Account Executive according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 16%
Group panel interview: 16%
Background check: 12%
Drug test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
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