I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zeno Group in Aug 2013
Interview
Through an employee referral, I received an interview for a Public Relations Internship at Zeno Group in Los Angeles (Santa Monica). I interviewed with two people (I believe one managed the internship program and another was a Senior Account Executive or perhaps an Account Supervisor/Director). For the internship interview, they mostly asked about relevant experience and behavioral questions. They were very courteous and not intimidating, but also organized and professional. I had a great overall experience.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Zeno Group
Interview
First you sent in a cover letter and resume. If you made it past that round, you were sent a prompt where you were instructed to write a press release in response to any of the four questions. After passing this round, you had 2 Skype interviews with account executives.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your writing style? Why PR? What is your learning style? What role do you usually play during group projects?
The HR rep I was corresponding with couldn't have been kinder. When the day for the in-person interview came, I was left waiting for 20 minutes after the agreed upon start time by my interviewers. When they finally arrived, they didn't apologize, they didn't even know my name or anything about me, had never even glanced at my resume, and didn't seem to care at all about being there. They acted as if I was imposing or as if my presence was a total nuisance. Extremely condescending during the interview and seemed like just generally rude, snooty people that I couldn't imagine working with on a daily basis. Read directly from a sheet of horribly boring and typical interview questions like a couple of inexperienced toddlers. Basically weren't interested in getting to know me at all. Left the interview feeling disrespected and am so happy I never have to work with those people.
Public Relations applicants have rated the interview process at Zeno Group with 3 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 64.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Public Relations roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Zeno Group overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Zeno Group as a Public Relations according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Phone interview: 40%
Group panel interview: 20%
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