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Project Associate at Development Dimensions International
Posted Oct 14, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Pittsburgh, PA (took 4 weeks)
The interview process was incredibly tedious. In order to be considered for the position initially, I had to speak with a recruiter on the phone. After recruiter approval, I was asked to come onsite to take several assessment tests. The tests consisted of a grammar test, a spelling test, a logic test, an online critical thinking test, and, lastly, an online test to evaluate your skills for specific Microsoft software, including: Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The assessments took approximately 3-4 hours to complete. The last assessment included an "in-basket." I think it is required for anyone applying for an administrative position (though to be perfectly honest, I don't believe the "Project Associate" position (the position I was applying for) included administrative duties. Who knows, though? Regardless, the "in-basket" included a bunch of fake memos and documents. As a fake admin assistant to a fake boss at a fake company, I was supposed to respond to these memos and documents. I believe the exercise was intended for you (as the admin assistant) to organize your boss' schedule, catch conflicting appointments, and prove that you could write and conduct yourself in a professional manner. This assessment took me about 4 hours to complete.
Once all assessments were completed, I was then brought in for a formal interview. I was interviewed by 3 managers, separately, for about an hour and 15 minutes each. Each interviewer asked me questions in a STAR format: s/he would ask me to talk about a series of questions and I would have to provide a specific Situation or Task, what Action I took for that situation, and lastly, what was the Result of that action. For example, the interviewer asked me to discuss a time when I worked with others as a team, or a time where I worked with a fellow co-worker and conflict arose.
Since the company focuses on talent management, I am not surprised that their interviewing process was thorough, intimidating and completely unnecessary. To this day, I honestly have no idea why I had to take so many assessments for a job that seemed tantamount to a data entry job. And though in hindsight I'm glad that I didn't get a job offer out of all of this, I think the reason why I didn't get the job is because I didn't test well. I'm not the most amazing standardized tester, and the recruiter I worked with gave me no clues as to why I didn't get the job. This is why I believe that I didn't get the job because I didn't test well.
On that note, I'd like to stress how unhelpful the recruiter was. I spoke and met with her multiple times, and she could never give me a clear explanation of what the job title was. I find that a little baffling. There were plenty of times she could have spoke with who would have been my manager for a better understanding of what the position entailed, but to this day, I have no idea if she did so. Whenever I met with her, she is always reading scribbled notes from her legal pad, clearly reading out loud a canned description of the position. That definitely made me wary.
If you are interviewing for a job there, make sure to brush up on your Word/Power Point/Excel skills, spelling and grammar, and reading/critical thinking skills (you will be tested on it). The dress code is business (women, wear a suit!), and be as formal as possible.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Administrative at Development Dimensions International
Posted Sep 14, 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 Aug 2011 in Bridgeville, PA (took 3 months)
This was a painfully slow and detailed interview process. From the time I submitted the application, until the time I called to prompt them to tell me if I was still being considered for the job, I put more time into interviewing than any employer had ever asked. I spent 20+ hrs over the course of 3 months. The interviews consisted of several online personality & character tests, 5 tests I needed to come into their office to take (math, word usage, Microsoft products), a HOMEWORK assignment, and a several hour phone interview.
Initially, the HR department did not understand how my current job could be related to the position they were hiring for. After several attempts of me asking them to give me more testing, they did so - big time. It turned out that the job they were hiring for was something I did all day long, and at a more intense level. It was as if I was overqualified, for lack of a better word.
DDI seems to be overstaffed. The position I applied for had been open for several months before I applied and they were in no hurry to fill it. The HR department did not seem to organize my interview process in a efficient way, and I felt strung along the entire 3 months. After completion of my last interview, the interviewer told me they were confident that I would go onto the next step (meeting the team). After not hearing back for 2 weeks, I contacted the HR department. It took them a few extra days from there to let me know that they will not be pursuing me as a candidate.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Consulting Associate at Development Dimensions International
Posted Jul 27, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2009 in Pittsburgh, PA (took 3 months)
Competency based behavioral interviewing 4-5 rounds of interviews
watson glaser assessment
writing sample
in basket
role plays
analysis exercise
i thought i was applying to for knox, the cia or the fbi ;-)
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hahahahhah ok......
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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