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Updated Feb 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Director at Benefitfocus
Posted Feb 7, 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 Jul 2010 (took 6+ weeks)
It takes a while to work your way through the hiring process. People all over Charleston will tell you horror stories about trying to get a job at BF. Go for an interview and never hear from them again. If you hang in there and are persistent the process may catch up to you.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Salesforce Systems Administrator at Benefitfocus
Posted Jan 29, 2012
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Charleston, SC (took a day)
Apparently, this is a new Salesforce.com customer looking for a system administrator. The telephone interview
was conducted by someone with little or no knowledge of Salesforce. Her questions centered mostly on an
Salesforce governance and apps. I think this person had been sold a bill of goods on some goverance AppExchange
package. I have work on literally hundred of Salesforce orgs. and I never heard of this package. When I went to their website, they made it seem like you could not live without this app. She asked about certification and I
told her Salesforce Advanced System Administrator and Salesforce Developer.
She refused to answer any of my questions about salary or benefits, except to say what a fun workplace it was.
Right! If she is any measure, it's a real barrel of laughs!
If you apply for this position, beware. Forewarned is forearmed.
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I Applied Online.
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Business Analyst at Benefitfocus
Posted Jan 9, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Daniel Island, SC (took 3+ weeks)
Applied for phone interview and it consisted of laid back questions. Was asked to come in for one on one interview in which the employer asked more personal questions about my financial knowledge and ability to work in a team. The final interview was with the department manager and VP of the department. Both were friendly. Accepted offer but then declined after salary was too low and the office was very unprofessional.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Quality Assurance Analyst at Benefitfocus
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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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 Sep 2011 in Charleston, SC (took a day)
Interviewed by 3 or so people. The interviewers enjoy asking logic questions. Most of the questions are fairly simple if you have any math background. Not much in the way of technical related questions. Only one interviewer seemed truly interested in judging if you could do the job, the other interviewers seemed to read from a script or not care much.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Account Executive at Benefitfocus
Posted Aug 8, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Richmond, VA (took 3 weeks)
Had a phone interview with the outside recruiter, then phone interview with the Hiring Manager, then was invited to headquarters in Charleston to meet with several people. Spent 1/2 day at the headquarters and met with a Sales Operations person, the Hiring Mgr, and CEO. Was suposed to meet with 2 other people, but they were not available since were out sick. The actual office building was impressive, looked very new and professional. My interview schedule was disorganized since 2 people were not able to meet with me because of illness and they had a difficult time finding a replacement. Entire interview process was very casual, not alot of typical interview questions. Sales territories are fairly small with less than 200 prospects (companies with >1,000 employees).
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Personality Test, a Presentation, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Business Development at Benefitfocus
Posted Jan 26, 2011
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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 Jul 2009 in Charleston, SC (took a day)
I interviewed via phone with a Sales Manager, got invited down to Charleston for a F2F interview. Man, it was 24 hours of my life that I wish I could get back. I was basically interviewed by some guys in a phone booth environment. No, really, this company thinks it's okay to have these little kiosks which you'll find at the local shopping mall for one-on-one discussion. Needless to say, I was in a chamber talking to an ex-restaurant owner and other people who are basically drones of the "president" who has a pilots license. Um, yawn. So what. Couldn't get out of this office environment fast enough and they love their balloons at BenefitFocus. Silly company with silly employee perks---that was my observation. Oh, one other thing...they will at least buy you a wonderful soggy salad for lunch during your time there.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Financial Advisor at Benefitfocus
Posted Sep 13, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Charleston, SC (took 2 days)
One on one, very relaxed, personal feel
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Reason for Declining
Too much time up front with little pay during start up
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Background Check and a 1:1 Interview.
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Internship at Benefitfocus
Posted Jul 29, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 in Charleston, SC (took a day)
Right off the bat I was dissatisfied with the way such a "great" company handled themselves. I arrived 10 minutes early, and the interviewers were disturbed by this and made a comment more than once about how I was early. They didn't look past my resume, they were took distracted with my previous experiences to actually get to know the person who would be working for them. Needless to say, I'm very happy I didn't work for them. They didn't allow me to ask any questions, they had no personality, and the entire office atmosphere was awful.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Informational Interview - No Current Openings at Benefitfocus
Posted Jan 15, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 in Charleston, SC (took a day)
A current employee graduated from the same grad program as I did. He passed my resume to a recruiter. My employer at that time explained that company recruiters often have to interview a certain number of candidates to make a quota. It was Christmas and the company was not currently hiring, so I thought this was just an opportunity for the recruiter to have something to do that day at work. She was kind to give me feedback on my resume. She said she rarely read the goal/summary section. She paid the most attention to the job I spent 4 years at (and had the most bullet points) rather than my most recent job, which reflected my current career interest.
In summary, don't bother with a summary/goal section of your resume. The job that reflects your career direction, put that at the top and flesh out your responsibilities. The jobs that don't reflect your career interest, remove or limit bullet points. Use your college peers to get your resume in front of a recruiter. That has worked twice for me.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Benefitfocus
Posted Jan 13, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 in Charleston, SC (took a day)
Presented via a recruiter; phone interview was around 45 minutes, with 15 explaining company initiatives, background, etc and the remaining time a tech interview. Arrived in charleston for the in person a week later, was treated to lunch then a battery of 'thought process' questions and technical questions from 2 different groups. It was not the most difficult ive ever been thru but it was definately in the top 3. Questions ranged from direct technical OOP oriented questions to diagraming fictional OS's and converting the card game WAR to a rules engine (how would you do it, what would you do, here are the givens, etc).
I read some negative reviews on here before i interviewed and i definately had my guard up but i cant say i got a bad vibe. the position i was interviewing for was a sr level and above the 'grunt' level some of the other reviews had been critical of so i cant speak to that aspect of it. from my perspective, it seemed like a great place to work with some very smart and talented people. I regret it didnt work out as planned; i found charleston to be a very nice city with some fantastic beaches. the corporate headquarters is on daniel island- which was also a very nice location.
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Reason for Declining
Family obligations and relocation assistance was not what i expected.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a Phone Interview.
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