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Updated May 20, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Bibliographic Services at EBSCO Publishing
Posted May 20, 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 Mar 2012 in Ipswich, MA (took a day)
I applied online and a few days later got an email and phone call for an initial interview with human resources, over the phone. It went well with questions about why I've been out of work, if I am working
now, and whether I have all of the qualifications for the position. Interview ended with an indication that the results would be run by the hiring manager and I would be contacted if they were further interested. Job was reposted online soon after.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at EBSCO Publishing
Posted May 2, 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 Dec 2010 in Durham, NC (took a day)
Talked with the manager about my general job history and why I had left each position. He also asked about general personality stuff, eg what are your strengths, your weaknesses.
Then I met with the senior engineer and went through a series of web application questions: .Net Asp.net, MVC, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, XSL, C#
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They were firm with their offer
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Editorial at EBSCO Publishing
Posted Jan 26, 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 Apr 2011 (took 1 week)
interviewer did not seem experienced, asked odd questions, did not follow up on things he said he was going to do. He never contacted me again.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Sales at EBSCO Publishing
Posted Dec 12, 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 Mar 2011 in Ipswich, MA (took 2 weeks)
Interviewed for a coordinator position in March of 2011. First had a phone interview with HR-Fairly simple questions- walk me through your history, etc. Interview twice within the department and was offered the position two weeks later. Casual, relaxed interview environment. Questions are encouraged and appreciated.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at EBSCO Publishing
Posted Nov 10, 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 Oct 2011 (took 6 weeks)
Consisted of 2 telephonic screenings with a Sr. team member and the technical recruiter/HR. Then 1 on 1 interviews from a group of 4 people. Again another interview with the hiring manager, a team member that already interviewed me, and a bit of a chat with the HR again. This whole process took more than 1 month. Still no information on the decision - status is pending. The questions in the interview weren't overwhelming. The hiring manager was the most informative of all the people and was a relatively honest in explaining what the job would entail and the where the team stands.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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QA Manager at EBSCO Publishing
Posted Jun 6, 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 Jan 2011 in Ipswich, MA (took 2 months)
The interview consisted of a phone interview, five 1:1 interviews and a group panel interview. The hiring manager was the most difficult to speak with of all the 1:1 interviews. The position was a management position and he had trouble articulating what the role would entail. When I asked clarifying questions, he would tilt his head and say, "No, that's not quite it." Rather than complete why it wasn't quite "it" he would just sit there. I felt like I had to manage the interview for him. Overall, I'm happy I wasn't offered the job because the other hiring managers were smart and on the ball, this one was inarticulate.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Abstractor at EBSCO Publishing
Posted May 21, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 May 2011 in Ipswich, MA (took 1 week)
The person who interviewed me was either having a bad day or that's just the way she is. I'm not sure but from the beginning I was made to feel very uncomfortable by her. As she walked me back to do the skills test she didn't say a word to me. The office was very quiet as well almost eerily quiet and gave me a bad feeling. She introduced me to someone else to give me the test and quickly walked away to her office. The test was pretty easy and straight forward. I always finished each section before time. When it was time, the lady took me back to the supervisor to be interviewed where I spent an hour and 15 minutes. The interview was done with her speaking mostly and she only asked me 10 questions which she read off a sheet. There was no leeway of conversation. Usually I can connect with people on a humor level and even though there were some moments of laughter it was very awkward and I felt as though she was trying to intimidate me the whole time. I felt as though my eyes were getting heavy during the interview because she was not allowing me to speak much. Finally it was time to go and honestly I was pretty happy to get out of there. I knew from the beginning when I walked up to her that I would not work there either if they said no or if I decided on no. Luckily I had another offer pending so I chose that one.
The benefits sounded great for this job but it just either was not a good day for both of us or just not the place for me.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Abstractor at EBSCO Publishing
Posted May 3, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 in Ipswich, MA (took 1 week)
Met with department manager; spoke for a while about qualifications; offer was made on the spot.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Technical Writer at EBSCO Publishing
Posted Apr 30, 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 Mar 2011 in Birmingham, AL (took a day)
The interview is very straight forward asking about experience, situational examples and, finally, a skills test. None of it was very difficult. The hard part is getting information and feedback. The HR rep is helpful but HR can't make the hiring manager's move. There is no feedback and no way to address any concerns.
In the mean time, I've heard from two recruiters about the same job. Weird.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Editorial at EBSCO Publishing
Posted Mar 17, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took a day)
Face to face interview with supervisor, very by-the-book. Lots of questions requiring examples of resolving complaints and taking on responsibility, which became monotonous.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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