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Updated Mar 30, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Customer Service Representative at Bloomspot
Posted Mar 30, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took a day)
I met with all three of my managers. The interview was a great experience. I was excited to work for the company.
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Negotiation Details
none. I was just given a contract.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Account Executive at Bloomspot
Posted Feb 13, 2012
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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 Dec 2011 (took a day)
I applied online for the position. They contacted me to set up an interview in their offices in downtown San Francisco. It was a video interview, so I was nervous about it more than a phone interview. The lady who interviewed me was very professional. She asked me several questions about my sales techniques.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Features Editor/Account Executive at Bloomspot
Posted Dec 24, 2011
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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 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 weeks)
Applied through Readyforce, then did a webcam interview. The Recruiter at Bloomspot (blonde woman in her mid-late twenties, very nice) invited me back to interview with the 2 Hiring Managers for the Sales department. I showed up to my interview, and the office looked really cool, a brick house look, everyone looked super busy on their laptops and I even saw the CEO Jasper walking around. The Recruiter took me to the first Hiring Sales Manager. She asked me about why I wanted this position, I said I love the concept of Bloomspot, think the company would be a great place to work, and I love working and meeting with people. She gave me a strange look and said I would not be meeting with anybody in this position, that this position is all through phone calls and emails. I said yes, but what I meant is that I like working with people and interaction, and having good communications skills, were traits that I thought were beneficial to this Sales-oriented position. The entire tone of this (brief) interview went downhill after that- she acted like I was not worth her time.
This Hiring/Sales Manager, (a youngish, sweet looking Vietnamese or Chinese lady) continued to ask me some vague questions but it was clear she wasn't listening to me- with a fake smile staring down at my resume for 80% of the time and not looking at me-and being short with me and constantly interrupting my answers. It was obvious that I had offended her with my previous answer and she thought I misunderstood the job description. After humoring me for 10 more minutes, she excused herself to "get the other Hiring Manager". After a long 20 minutes, she came back and with a condescending smile, said the other Hiring Manager, was "very busy and he cannot meet you today" (Big surprise that she told him I was unworthy of working at Blomspot) She then, (and this is the real kicker) FOLDED MY RESUME IN HALF, THEN IN THIRDS in front of me, and preceded to practically shoo me out of the building to the back exit and slammed the door. It was SO unprofessional, and I am still SEETHING, months later. I hadn't felt this low since a bully took my lunch money in 3rd grade. How do such rude, mean people make it to the management level?? It's fine though, I would not want to work for such a company that is represented by her rudeness, and it was a contract to hire position and apparently they hire and fire a lot of people in this position anyway.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Account Executive at Bloomspot
Posted Oct 28, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
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 San Francisco, CA (took 2 days)
I sat with and account exec. and a sales manager. The questions were mba type questions to see how I would approach a problem. Nothing to complicated. The people seem really nice and laid back.
I accepted the job and was notified 1 week before my start date that all of the job offers had been rescinded because the company was "changing directions". I had my doubts that maybe the company was teetering a bit figured I would chance it. Reneging on job offers 1 week before a start dates is completely unacceptable. Most jobs wont take a person back. Overall this dealing was incredibly stressful and up to now A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.
Negotiation Details
I was called in for a FT job and then told that the offer was a contract role...I already have a full time job that pays more than this one (I was trying to make a career change). We settled on full time status but it could have been a huge waste of my time if they stuck to the contract status.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Account Executive at Bloomspot
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 3 days)
Referred by a staffing agency. Had a phone call with the recruiter. Was contacted by Bloomspot after they received my resume. Had a 1:1 interview with 2 different people. The first interview was a typical interview... Tell me about yourself, why are you looking for this job? Why sales, etc. The next interview was a mock negotiation where I was given a few minutes to read over the scenario and figure out what I was going to offer the customer and how I would convince them to go with bloomspot.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Features Editer (Currently Account Executive) at Bloomspot
Posted Sep 2, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took 1 week)
Met Dir. of Sales at a Job Fair
Over the phone pitch with a sales manager
called in for 3 1:1 interviews
call back 1 week later-you're hired!
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Account Representative Sales at Bloomspot
Posted Aug 29, 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 Dallas, TX (took 4 days)
This was an online Skype interview. The questions were directed at someone with little experience and yet the job description was for someone with more experience. There was not time allotted for me to pose any questions of my own. Asking me if I would come to San Francisco when it's 107 degrees outside was rather hilarious. Of course I would!
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Sales Manager at Bloomspot
Posted Jul 15, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
Firstly, the company environment appears very exciting and they have amazing technology the other players in this space may not have. It’s a vibrant and motivating company that could have excellent potential to take on the larger daily deal competitors. Regardless of this interview experience it seems a good place to work.
Bloomspot is running at a chaotic pace, which is affecting how they look to potential employees and how they conduct meetings. I had multiple face-to-face interviews and each time I arrived to their offices nothing went as they explained. I was to meet multiple interviewers but each time that never materialized. My visits appeared thrown together at the last minute and most of the scheduled interviewers never showed up. Of the people that did show up, not one person had read my resume.
The questions they asked were unrelated to the role, my background or even sales. The interviews were scheduled for 30 minutes or less, not giving enough time to ask my own questions. I hope Bloomspot revamps their interview process, because I know others who had similar experiences.
The founders are exceptionally smart product people, but the sales team needs leadership at this point in the company’s growth. My advice is to hire a CEO now.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Account Executive at Bloomspot
Posted Jul 8, 2011
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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 Jun 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 3 months)
interviewed through readyforce via webcam first. 1 month later interviewed at the hq in san francisco.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Account Executive at Bloomspot
Posted Jun 21, 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 Jun 2011 (took a day)
I am still in the process of this - I am reporting on the first step and will share what I learn next. Bloomspot used a company called Readyforce to do the initial interview. I had to apply through Readyforce and answer questions to determine your compatibility where it wasn't 100% sure what the "right" responses were, but for the most part it was fairly easy to decipher what they wanted. I.e. rating how much you like change/not having a routine etc. Apparently my resume/answers meant I was a good enough fit. The next step was a video interview with a Readyforce worker. At the end I remember being asked to pretend I was talking to the founder and having to "sell myself." The interview was super preliminary - they asked me if I had reliable transportation, why I wanted to work for Bloomspot, fairly standard questions. The one weird part was when the interviewer picked out a past position of mine (that was the least sales-y and similar to bloomspot) and said your work at xx seems the most relevant to the position, no? This made me think the Readyforce interviewers aren't very serious/seem to be winging it. The whole thing lasted 10-15 minutes.
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