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Declined Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Oct 2011 – Reviewed Dec 7, 2011
Interview Details – They did an on campus interview and then they did a super day and then they made offers
Interview Question – Why do you think Brightwire will be a good fit View Answer
Reason for Declining – Had much better offers
No Offer – Interviewed in Newark, NJ Nov 2011 – Reviewed Nov 17, 2011
Interview Details – Had a case study in Chinese and two 1:1 behavioral interviews. The company seems pretty cool, but the interviewers seemed to lack much personality, which made me not want to work there. Company is moving to Manhattan in a month or so.
Interview Question – Tell me about a class you've taken that you've found interesting and tell me about it. Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Aug 16, 2012
Interview Details –
Applied to the position via on-campus recruiting in October, attended second round interview ("super day") at their central office, and was extended an offer in November for a post-graduate GMA job.
In August I received a call rescinding my offer of employment due to a downturn in the company's growth. BrightWire offered no form of compensation or help in obtaining a new job, despite having gone 8 months without any notification that my position might be in jeopardy.
Bottom line: don't waste your time applying here.
Interview Question – What was your favorite undergraduate class and why? Answer Question
No Offer – Interviewed in Nov 2011 – Reviewed May 18, 2012
Interview Details –
Several weeks after applying online, was contacted via email with an invitation to take a skills test. The test consisted of a relatively in depth case study - finding, translating and summarizing five news articles about a given company.
I completed and sent in the case study, but never heard back from the hiring manager who had initially contacted me. Hoping for confirmation of receipt, I re-sent the email and again got no response. The company was incommunicado for about a month before I received an automated message that I was still under consideration, but that the hiring process had been pushed back to the company rebranding itself and moving to new headquarters in NYC. This email further stated that I would be made aware of the status of my application by the end of December. January rolls around and I had still not heard back. I accepted a job with another company, and was chuffed to recieve one final email from Brightwire a few weeks later, letting me know that I was no longer being considered for the job.
All in all it was a negative experience. Terrible communication from the company relative to the difficulty and time investment of their skills test. In my experience, sloppy hiring practices mean sloppy business practices; I'm convinced that I dodged a bullet.
Interview Question – Case Study Answer Question
No Offer – Interviewed in Oct 2011 – Reviewed Jan 14, 2012
Interview Details – The interviewer asked me whether I have past experience from media and translation and wanted to know how strong my writing skill is since they are collecting news information from all around the world and let their analysts to translate those to provide hot news to their customers.
Interview Question – tell me about your writing ability View Answer
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