Red Ventures Marketing Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – The first interview was a talk with one of the recruiters. I could tell that this was an experienced interviewer. It was a total of about 45 minutes. They went through my entire resume asking about each work experience in a fairly thorough manner. Then they asked about what I knew about the their process. Then they opened it up to questions from me and at the end asked about compensation. Next steps would have been a case study in person, but I did not receive a follow up.

Interview Details – Had phone interview with HR person, followed by interview with hiring manager. I was given an assignment to complete and asked to return for a full day of interviews with five different people (all department managers, execs). I made it through three of them and then was told they had to cancel the remaining two and they would be in touch with me.

Interview Details – I was initially contacted for a recruiter. The recruiter setup an interview with a RV employee. After that interview, I was brought to Charlotte to interview on-site. The day-long interview session consisted of an analytical exam and 4 different 1:1 interviews.

Negotiation Details – Negotiation took about 30 days due to the relocation process.

Interview Details – This seemed like a good place for online marketing and I found it interesting on paper. When I went for the interview I met several people who didn't looked like good talent and had hardly any experience but somehow held some glorified director, VP etc positions. Everybody seemed a director or vice president of something. But I didn't let that bother me and gave them benefit of doubt. But after I was made an offer I understood why. They will give you fancy titles but the compensation is way behind industry. I like to be compensated fairly. If all a company can offer me is 60% of my current salary then I won't work for them. I don't care how you package your company and how many fancy videos you put on your website (they are nice though!) and how exciting you try to make it look, if a company is looking for great talent then pay good salary.

Reason for Declining – Compensation below industry

Interview Details – There were several rounds of interviews. It started with 2 45 min interviews at their offices in Charlotte. These interviews were very general and consisted of questions like Why Red Ventures, Why do you want to move away from current company and such. I was called the next day to schedule the next round of interviews. I came in and had 5 interviews scheduled along with an excel based case study which I was given 45 mins to work on and had to discuss it with a panel. Again the interviews were mostly trying to judge the fit with the firm and the team. I was called again the next day to schedule 4 more interviews.

Reason for Declining – Pay offer was much lower than expected. I had no inclination of the amount that would be offered until I got that call from HR. I was surprised at how low the offer was.

Interview Details – A very thorough and time consuming process. Began with a basic HR interview followed up by a timed analytical assessment. Then another phone interview with someone that manages one of the marketing channels. The next step was an on-site interview which consisted of 7, that's right, 7 total interviews throughout the day. Oh and just about every one included a case interview situation. As part of one of those 7 interviews, plan on presenting one of your case studies to the CMO, who will try to confuse the heck out of you. Finally, a week later, I was brought back in for 5 more interviews (one case interview) and to learn more about the potential position. Needless to say, interviewing at Red Ventures is a very exhausting and in-depth process.

Interview Details – Applied for the job through a posting on my college's career website. Received an email asking me to fill out a Candidate Profile Questionnaire that asked basic questions about my GPA, why I chose my college/major, what I considered my most significant accomplishment, my interest in the company, etc. Next I was contacted for a phone interview, which consisted primarily of behavioral questions. After that I was asked to take a skills assessment test. Finally, I was brought in for an on-site interview, where I met with six different individuals for about 30 minutes each. Red Ventures really emphasizes fit with the company, so most of the questions were behavioral with one back-of-the-envelope case-style question.

Interview Details – I intereviewed with Red Ventures while in college, not anywhere close to Charlotte. Over a period of about 3 weeks, I had 3 phone interviews (with the senior recruiter, a VP, and the CMO) , and was then invited out to Charlotte for an on-site interview. Red Ventures flew me in the night before the interview and put me up at a hotel nearby - a welcome change from interviews I had at other companies that booked extremely inconvenient flights in order to avoid a hotel bill. My on-site interview started at 8:30 AM, and went to about 4 PM - The day consisted of 7 formal interviews with everyone from marketing managers, to channel/business directors, to the CEO, as well as a lunch with a group of analysts/managers/developers in the group that I was interviewing for.

Interviews included standard behavioral interview questions, technical knowledge about my marketing field, and consulting-style case/analytical questions. Make sure to brush up on the consulting-style case/analytical interview questions, as I ended up dealing with more of those questions through my interviews at Red Ventures than at all of the consulting companies I had interviewed with. It was clear through the interviews that they weren't just assessing answers to the questions, but trying to determine fit within the company. The interview day was pretty intense, but it was the most organized and useful process out of the numerous companies I had interviewed with at the time. I felt that the process allowed me to clearly present my strengths, as well as let me figure out the culture of the company.

Interview Details – There were several rounds of interviews, and by the time I made it through the process I met with 10-12 people at the company. They made the interviews unnecessarily difficult by asking various theoretical/technical questions. Be advised that you will be asked to do case questions, math problems, ec. both verbally and on paper pertaining directly to their business. I think they like it if you ask a lot of questions during the process because the questions are rarely phrased in a way in which you will have all of the information you need to solve the problem. Overall, just be positive/energetic, and don't lose your cool because they make the interviews stressful on purpose, and no one feels like they do well in the process.

Reason for Declining – The long interview process turned me away from the job.