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Digitas Interview Questions & Reviews in Boston, MA Area
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Associate Account Planner at Digitas
No Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA Mar 2013 – Reviewed Apr 20, 2013
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I applied through my campus online portal, had an initial phone interview and then had 4 separate 30 min. interviews with different account planners in the Boston office.
Everyone was very nice and friendly but 2 of them barely read my resume beforehand and were not at all prepared to interview me.
In general they asked a little bit about my background/resume etc. and also asked questions to better understand how I think and approach problems.
Interview Question – I had lengthy discussion about a brand that I liked and then had to chose a brand in the same category that I believed was weak and why. From there I had to give recommendations on how I would change this brand's current strategy. The question was completely fair as it was trying to reveal how I think. That being said, since I don't spend a lot of time thinking about brands I don't like, I had trouble articulating why I didn't like this certain brand (especially because the category was so narrow). Answer Question
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Analyst Strategy and Analysis at Digitas
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA – Reviewed Apr 10, 2013
Interview Details – Interview was pretty simple, 2 behavior + 1 case study
Interview Question – If you had to advertise during the superbowl, what are some factors you need to take into account? Answer Question
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Analyst at Digitas
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA Dec 2009 – Reviewed Feb 27, 2013
Interview Details – Recruiter will phone screen you then you'll be brought in for four half hour interviews. The recruiter follows up within a few days. There's a potential you'll be brought back in a second time for another round of interviews.
Interview Question – Case questions Answer Question
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Marketing Intern at Digitas
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA Apr 2012 – Reviewed Oct 15, 2012
Interview Details – 4 Thirty minute interviews back to back in a small room. Sounds intense? You're right, it is. Unbeknownst to me, they are usually pretty high up there management people. For interns, they take their time getting back to you but after the internship, they called me back within two weeks offering me the job.
Interview Question – What is something that you've overcome in your personal life that makes you who you are today? Answer Question
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Art Direction Intern at Digitas
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA – Reviewed Sep 29, 2012
Interview Details – I had an interview with four people (one at a time), all creatives (this after an initial phone interview with HR). Two were Art Directors, two were copywriters. They mostly let me talk and explain my portfolio. They really liked that I brought a print version of my portfolio and a copy of my resume for them to take with them after the interview. It's very intense, because I got about 40 minutes with each person, so after 4 people I was exhausted.
Interview Question – Don't expect them to ask you "typical interview questions", they mostly just seemed to want to see my work and hear my reasoning. Also, they wanted me to ask THEM questions, so I was happy to have researched them all and had previously thought of smart questions to ask them. Don't hog the conversation. Show your interest THROUGH the questions you ask them. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – It was an internship, so I didn't argue the salary.
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Vice President Strategy and Analytics at Digitas
No Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA Apr 2012 – Reviewed Jul 12, 2012
Interview Details – Internal recruiters really professional. Team asked valid questions and were honest
Interview Question – Not interested in resume, wanted to know who I was Answer Question
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Analyst at Digitas
No Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA Mar 2012 – Reviewed Mar 28, 2012
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I was contacted a week after I submitted my resume to the website. The following week I had a phone interview the HR recruiter. I was a little hesitant about this job position because I had minimal experience in the field. I asked the HR recruiter if experience would be chosen over personality fit for the position. She told me that "experience can always be trained, so we're looking for more of a personality fit."
It has always been a goal/dream of mine to work for a marketing agency so I studied vehemently for this interview. I researched the past analyst interviews here and realized that they asked a lot of case study questions. I had no experience in interviewing for case study questions before, so I studied that to the best of my ability. I barely reviewed field/subject material since I was preparing for case study/estimation questions.
Needless to say, when I went in for the interview, no case study questions were asked--only simple behavioral and traditional interview questions. They asked about my experience in the field. Because I failed to anticipate this portion or prepare for it, I was unable to expound on my experience in the field. I was only able to mumble a few bits and pieces of my experience.
I left the interview feeling a little mixed—not sure if I did a good enough job. HR was kind enough to inform me the following day that the interviewers were impressed with my background and thought I did a good job and that the candidate review process was going to take longer because they just acquired a few more clients. I waited a week to follow up and she told me that I should hear by Friday. No word Friday, I emailed the following Monday and she said she’d give me feedback by the end of the week (2 weeks total).
I didn’t get the job because I lacked experience in the field. She said that the team really liked me but again the decision was based on experience. I wish I had known this coming in and that they didn’t lead me to believe that “personality” was what was really needed.
Interview Questions
- Tell me about a time you failed and how you over came it? Answer Question
- Tell me a time in which you had to handle someone with a difficult personality in a team, how did you handle it? Answer Question
- Tell me about a recent project you managed Answer Question
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Account Manager at Digitas
No Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA Dec 2011 – Reviewed Dec 11, 2011
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HR phone screen was a basic screen ... went through work history, salary requirements, etc.
Onsite Interview got rescheduled once due to client issues. When I finally went in one person dropped off schedule. Interviews were very conversational, people were nice. No curve ball questions. All three people I met with wanted to know what my "ideal job" was.
Got dinged for not having a requirement that wasn't included in the job description and wasn't mentioned at all during the phone screen.
Liked the company just wish they were more specific in what they were looking for so that I didn't have to take an afternoon and pay for parking to discuss a job that I wasn't a match for.
Interview Question – What is your ideal position? Answer Question
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Associate Director - Strategy & Analysis at Digitas
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA May 2011 – Reviewed Nov 6, 2011
Interview Details – Hiring process is pretty typical and fast- start off with a phone screen with HR and then an in person interview with 4/5 people in the team
Interview Question – If you had $10M, how would you invest in a marketing campaign View Answer
Reason for Declining – Not the lifestyle I wanted- very much work long hours and then party with your coworkers after work.
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Finance at Digitas
No Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA Mar 2011 – Reviewed Jun 21, 2011
Interview Details – The interview process consisted of two 45 minute interviews with two people. The first interview was more relaxed, explanation of the job, why do you want to work for our company, etc. The second interview consisted of behavioral based questions, along with a puzzle-type question. Both interviews had a friendly feel to them and were very positive.
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- Why do you want to work for this company? Answer Question
- Describe a time where you worked extra hard to achieve a goal Answer Question
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