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Updated Feb 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Assistant Store Manager at Bose
Posted Feb 7, 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 Aug 2010 (took 2+ weeks)
Interview was easy, and I actually never once filled out an application. Management is willing to go above and beyond and around the rules to get someone they really want.
The focus for Bose is changing from demonstration passion exclusively to a mix of that with sales ability. the two are not mutually exclusive, but can be difficult to master both.
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I was able to negotiate salary, but not by much.
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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IT at Bose
Posted Dec 3, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took 2 days)
Interview consisted of an inital phone screening, then an in person interview with a panel of 8 and finally a second in person interview with multiple Directors
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Their offer was very fair
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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LMS Administrator at Bose
Posted Nov 12, 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 Aug 2011 in Framingham, MA (took 6 weeks)
I was contacted shortly after submitting my resume. The first question I was asked is, "What is your current salary?" I was surprised that the recruiting rep would open the conversation like that. Over the next few weeks, before being able to schedule the in-person interviews, there were more gaffes like this. First, they reached out to find out my availability, then didn't schedule anything. Then, 4 weeks went by, and they reached out again. When I called them back, I spoke to a scheduling rep, and they claimed it was a mistake and that the position had been put on hold. When I asked some clarifying questions, I was transferred to the original recruiting rep. She told me that I had accidentally be included for in person interviews because they thought my salary requirements were within their range, but that they had "realized their mistake" and that's why the other rep said I wasn't being called back in. We discovered that they had my salary requirements off by over $25K, Once I was deemed "back in range," we successfully scheduled 4 hours of interviews. I almost stopped the process of interviewing because of the inappropriateness and detail deficient recruiting rep. The actual interview process was fine. Very friendly, very smart people working for Bose. I probably would have accepted an offer, but it wasn't meant to be :-)
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Customer Experience Specialist at Bose
Posted Sep 12, 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 Las Vegas, NV (took 2 weeks)
As someone who is already employed, I decided to go to the Bose interview more on a whim than anything else. They were hiring for a Customer Experience Specialist position for a new Fry's location opening up soon in the Vegas area. I had a phone interview first and was then offered to come down for an in-person interview. The interview took place on the top floor of the Westin Las Vegas in a high-roller suite. Think of a less-decked out version of the suite in The Hangover. I was greeted by four Bose employees. Two who worked for Bose on both the east and west coasts, the current Customer Experience Specialist in town, and some guy who spent more time looking and typing on his laptop than anything else.
I personally didn't have much of an experience or opinion of Bose despite currently owning a few of their products. However, the company's arrogance matches that of how the interview process was executed. The entire process reeked of pretentiousness. The nearly 90-minute process included a stale Bose Powerpoint presentation on an iPad to the normal questions about customer service and internal conflict you'd find with any retail interview. Halfway during the interview, I gave up as I was just bored. Bose did absolutely nothing to excite or thrill me on why I would want to work for their company. We're currently in a recession and Bose is not doing anything to create or innovate. Instead they're marketing to a specific niche market and that interview showed they're not going for the "common" man. How is one supposed to meet sales goals out of a location in town that is currently struggling financially?
I wasn't offered the position and I'm fine with that. It allows me to devote more of my time and energy to my current place of employment. I think what turned me off most was that fourth Bose employee who ignored me during the interview. If you can't even give me your attention, why should I give you my attention?
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Demand Generation Team Member at Bose
Posted Jun 28, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Tongeren (Belgium) (took 3 weeks)
This job description was received from a recruiting agency. The interview process consisted of three stages: interview with the department director + HR Officer, interview with the department director + the 'more global' leader of function. And the third stage was a PC test focused testing your general logical thinking I believe.
Very 'to-the-point' people having a clear vision of who they want in their team, open-minded. Very friendly staff in general, everyone seemed happy to be working in the company. All in all a very good impression at the first sight. Quick reaction and keeping posted on the interview process.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Assistant Store Manager at Bose
Posted Jun 28, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 (took a day)
Basic phone interview. Asked questions about past jobs, why you left those jobs, what you liked about them.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Bose
Posted Jun 14, 2011
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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 Feb 2011 in Framingham, MA (took a day)
Nice phone conversation with someone from HR who laid out what expectations were on both sides. Had 1:1 with three people later on. Those included were the hiring manager, hiring managers boss, and random other person from the department. Everyone was polite, on time, asked good but typical questions. Compared to other places where I have interviewed, security was aware I was coming in, seems to be a rarity these days.
Fit is very important to people there, ability too, but they spent plenty of time with questions on fit. Seemed like an interesting place to work, did not work out in my case, but the process did not leave a bad taste in my mouth. It never got to the point of negotiating salary, but they do not do hiring bonuses, at least not in the finance area.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Demonstration Specialist at Bose
Posted May 20, 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 Jun 2009 (took a day)
Made to feel very welcome interviewed by manager and assistant manager both very friendly and professional, asked what I knew about the company and how I dealt with tricky customers in previous jobs! was told about the company and what the position would entail then shown the Bose theatre experience. Bose offer there staff extensive training in there products etc so they mostly look for a good personality with a passion to learn and a passion for there products! which isn't hard as there products are amazing! A great company to work for with good ethics.
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Negotiation Details
No point trying to negotiate
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Associate at Bose
Posted Apr 11, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Sparks, NV (took 3 days)
No one got back to you, that was very unprofessional.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Electrical Engineer at Bose
Posted Apr 6, 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 Apr 2011 (took a day)
they gave your a lot of college student homework problem to work on.
and they said this is very important to check your capability. I failed and was hate to do these stupid questions. None of them are useful in realtime product design based on my point of view. A spice give a more direct and accurate result. This kind of thinking is just like student not engineer.
I pointed out some thing different from their answer and they said no. Later when I got home I checked books again I was right. They want smart, fresh college student with some project experience, they are not looking for solution provider.
People worked there are focusing on small area, if you talked with them and popped some technical questions quickly you found everybody sit in front of you is not familiar with specs as they said during the introduction talk.
Many people worked there for over 10 years, might be a good place to stay.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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