Apollo Group Interview Questions & Reviews in Phoenix, AZ Area
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Updated Mar 1, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Product Development at Apollo Group
Posted Mar 1, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Phoenix, AZ (took 4 weeks)
I learned of this position through a current employee. I was contacted almost immediately after applying. The first interview was average and took about an hour. General questions plus some obscure ones to test my thinking. I was asked a lot about my previous experience. I was offered a second interview, which was significantly harder. The interviewer was merciless and showed no emotion, which made me question my qualifications for the position. There was a huge gap after my second interview and an actual offer.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.
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Business Analyst at Apollo Group
Posted Oct 23, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Phoenix, AZ (took 2 weeks)
I had a 1:1 interview with someone who was very unpleasant and seemingly disinterested in being there. From the start, the person went straight to criticism over my past work, following up with questions that were more geared to a developer role. The functional analyst position did not require developer skillset, so this was a bit confusing and overall not a very good experience.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate Customer Resource Specialist at Apollo Group
Posted Mar 16, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Phoenix, AZ (took 2+ weeks)
Received acceptance to 1st round of interviews very quickly and was accompanied by a written interview form to be filled out and returned by a certain date. Written interview consisted of 10 behavioral interview questions. Received follow-up email asking for a 1:1 interview with a recruiter. This face to face consisted of 10-15 additional behavioral questions. Received follow-up email asking me to come in for a panel interview and a mock customer service call. Panel interview was with the previous recruiter and 4 additional employees with the department. Panel interview consisted of 10-15 more behavioral questions.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Systems Analyst II at Apollo Group
Posted Nov 16, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Phoenix, AZ (took 2+ weeks)
My mentor-turned manager opted to let me interview for his old position rather than get a straight promotion. This was a good way to get talent, and since analysts with experience in my field are few and far between I realized competition would not be fierce. The most difficult part of the whole process was dealing with the inept IT recruiter who was frequently absent, would not respond to the hiring managers requests to push paperwork through, or would outright misplace or neglect important parts of the intake process. Everything from management was quick. The bureaucracy imposed by all the DHL refugees and HR made it painful. After a phone interview by the recruiter (who would not understand answers even if they were wrong, btw), I had a panel interview with the hiring manager, a developer, and a QA analyst. They asked technological questions, abstract thought questions, and other questions designed to probe understanding over book answers. Again, everything involving the hiring manager was fantastic. The recruiter and his steps in the process could very well turn off new candidates to Apollo.
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Negotiation Details
Once-sided. Once I had the offer, the trick was netting a large compensation increase that wouldn't be immediately blocked by HR, no matter what my manager, director, and VP would agree to pay me.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Accounting Intern at Apollo Group
Posted Sep 17, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Phoenix, AZ (took 3 weeks)
First I was sent a few questions for a written interview, then after a week or so an opportunity to schedule an sit-down interview. This interview consisted of two supervisors that I would be working with. Finally, a formal offer an a LOT of paperwork. The only negative besides the paperwork was the amount of time between hearing from the company, at times I had no idea what was going on.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Manager IT at Apollo Group
Posted Jun 29, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 in Phoenix, AZ (took 3 days)
I told the recruiter specifically, that I am looking for an IT Manager position, and not interested in any other developer jobs they had open.
The hiring manager called me did a phone screen, and wanted to meet me.. so I did the 40 mile trek and met with him. It went very well; he wanted me to meet some of his other team members the next week, I agreed and we scheduled a date. I reiterated that I am looking for a business analyst/management position, and it has been over 6 yrs after had written a piece of code; my skill is best suited in performing code reviews and functioning as the business / IT liaison than a developer.
Hiring manager calls me, says he would realllly like me to take some programming skill test they have - just the standard stuff they do and that it is no big deal. So I brushed up my forms books, and went to meet with the others.
I do the 40 mile trek again, Hiring manager is no where in sight - I waited for 30 min, one of the other "Managers" (peers for the position being interviewed) come out and receive me he took me spoke to me for 5 min, explained me the duties of the IT Managers.. basically we do all the development work, includes forms and reports writing. Developers write PL/SQL, Sr, Manager manages us, and we don't have any business analysts; gave me a question paper - forms & reports, and showed me a pc and left. I managed to finish all the items - barely as all my programming skills were as a b/e developer and a DB Designer.
I am still waiting to hear from any of them from that company.. (about a yr after)
*** Highly unprofessional company ***
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Accounting at Apollo Group
Posted Oct 9, 2009 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 in Phoenix, AZ (took 1 week)
Initial phone interview, then a face-to-face interview. After selection, the candidate is reviewed by executive management. Then phone interview with executive management followed by offer letter.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Director IT Risk Management at Apollo Group
Posted Jun 1, 2009 — 4 of 4 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2009 in Phoenix, AZ (took 2 weeks)
My first and second interviews were with the VP of the hiring department. The first interview was question and answer - a brief review of my resume and experience. I was also asked about why I was looking for a change in job. For the second interview I was asked to prepare a presentation based on the VPs direction document about how I would execute as director. The presentation was for the VP only. The 3rd interview was a panel discussion with the VPs direct reports - three directors in the department. The interview was the presentation I gave to the VP, and about 20 minutes of questions. Key questions were: how would I respond to a situation where I made a recommendation, but the department receiving the recommendation would not implement it? Another question was: how do I foresee expanding the role of IT risk management from security focused to broader IT risk management? Finally, another question was: how do I plan on working with enterprise risk managment?
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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