Bell Canada Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – I applied online for this position through my university's career vault. In two days I received a call from a young lady, she asked me several questions. 'What interested you in applying for the PMP?", "What do you see yourself doing in five years?". Also asked me behavioral questions related to my work experience, "Tell me about a time where you used your analytical skills?". She also asked my level of skill with MS Excel and what functions I know how to perform (Vlookup, Pivot tables, Macros). The phone interview lasted about 10 minutes and she scheduled an interview which takes about 3 hours to complete.

When you arrive to their building, you'll have to sign in with security and have to wait on the sofas until the interns come and greet you. You may see several other people there but for different positions within PMP. They start you off with this presentation which takes about 20mins, allows you to learn more about PMP basically everything you had previously read from there brochures and you tube videos.

Then they'll take each candidate in rooms where a panel interview will be conducted along with several tests (aptitude, math, english, case study). Make sure you manage your time with the math/english test as there is a timer ! (All MC questions) You then will have your interview with 2 people which will take about 30mins, they will ask you to run down your resume. After they'll get into some general questions -" why do you want to work as an associate in the PMP?", "Tell me about a time you showed initiative?" "Tell me about a time you were criticized?" "What is an area of improvement or your weakness?" Also, at the end of the interview they will look at your transcripts and see how your doing in school. At the end of your panel interview, they will give you a case study "It is a recession and the company needs to cut cost by 18% or they will be out of business really soon" you'll be provided very little information and you will have 15mins to complete this and present your findings to them.

Overall, the interview went well as I was offered the position however declined it since I got better job. It seems like a cool program if you have nothing going for you, you'll be able to work with amazing technology and meet new people where you can network. They do provide references once you complete 450 hours and even allow you to attend workshops where you can improve your chances of getting a job. If you don't have the right mindset you wont last too long because this program is UNPAID. If your struggling to find work because of your experience or education I would definitely recommend this program. And don't stress out for this interview like I did, just go in with a bad ass attitude :)

Reason for Declining – Got another job offer

Interview Details – I went to Bell's info session on campus and applied directly on their website. I was notified with a phone interview soon after. The phone interview went very well and consisted of fir questions and some general questions about leadership and communication.

In the following day I was informed of a second round 1:1 interview on campus. The interview was much harder than the phone interview. It came with many specific behaviour questions, such as "Tell me a time when you thought you were doing the right thing but made a big mistake instead". The good thing is the interviewer was very nice and friendly, and I took the lead in the conversation several times during the interview.

The process is really as I was noticed with a last round presentation interview soon after. I was given a HBS (later I found out they actually gave the same case to all the candidates) to me and I had 2 hours to go through the case and prepare a 25 minute powerpoint presentation. They asked me many questions during the presentation, and I was very nervous since this was my first presentation interview. I received an email 3 weeks after saying I was rejected.

Interview Details – Phone interview followed by case analysis and presentation. Half hour meeting with VP's. Team building exercise, analysis of business issue and final round with panel.

Interview Details – I was interviewed with two people from the department I was going into. We started with general questions such as "how was your commute?" and they asked me if the transportation would be a problem. We went over the resume. They give you aptitude tests on math and English and one test to find about your personality. You also get a case about 10 lines where you have to cut costs about 15% in one month. The interview process will take about 3 to 4 hours.

Interview Details – It was two phone interviews.

The first one was mainly about basic algorithm and data structures. The interviewer asked about how hash table works, how to count 1's in a binary integer, and multiplication without *. He then asked me to write code on a piece of paper and read it to him.

The second interview was about designing a linked list API in C. He emailed me a link to collabedit so there was real-time coding. After listing all functions I was told to implement a cloning function.

Interview Details – good

Negotiation Details – challenging when you are in the middle of a recession

Interview Details – I was placed by a recruiter so the interview process was one phone call. it is much more involved going though HR

Negotiation Details – Accepted it was good

Interview Details – Interestingly the entire process was conducted by the manager of network operations in Vancouver, and nobody from headquarters or HR were involved to the exception of the background check.

It was quite the pleasant experience actually; I spoke over the phone with the NOC manager and we arranged a date and time that worked for us both then when I arrived, I was greeted by the Manager and the two Lead Analysts who gave me a tour of the operations centre and explained a "day in the life".

Everyone (Except myself) was dressed very casually and we had a casual conversation in one of the boardrooms. As expected they asked the general "S.T.A.R.S" based interview questions. (Top strengths, top weaknesses, where do you see yourself in five years, what past employers would say about you, etc.) and we then just spoke about our personal lives for a while and had a few laughs.

They seemed as uncomfortable with interviewing as I was being interviewed; they said that it is never a comfortable process, but it is great when we they meet people who they can "Just talk to".

The interview lasted a hour and a half and I was given an offer the next day.

Negotiation Details – They were VERY sticky about negotiating salary or vacation time as albeit network/client facing and independent, we technically fell into a union position. They said the number calculated was based on education and experience within a range on $5000. After some time there, I was able to find that this was indeed true and the NOC manager had very little power to change anything in respect to pay.

Interview Details – The interview is about your education , experience and scenario