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Updated Feb 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2011 in Bristol, CT (took 2 days)

I am not interested in sports, but found it interesting to imagine myself working on a complex sports web site as a designer and information architect. The recruiter pumped me up a lot to ESPN, and ESPN picked me up in a limo in Manhattan, and drove me out to Connecticut to meet the web design team. Abut four people interviewed me, and everyone was really nice and asked great questions. I left with a distinct feeling that the job was mine if I were to press harder, but the football, baseball, basketball, and hockey culture at ESPN just did nothing for me, and I knew that I couldn't do much for them if my heart wasn't in love with sports. Two days later I called and told them this, they respected my decision, and that was that.

Interview Questions

What's your favorite sport?

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What are your favorite web sites?

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.

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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2011 in Bristol, CT (took 2 days)

You have to take a sports knowledge test and then an HR person called. They just asked basic questions about what your strengths and weaknesses were, why you want to intern there, etc. They were nice. I was just nervous. It was my dream place to work! My advice: Don't be nervous and don't ramble.

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If Alex Rodriguez got traded to the Red Sox, what stats would you use to tell the story?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2011 in Bristol, CT (took a day)

Received a call from someone likely from HR in early March. The conversation of great and lasted nearly a half hour. The first 10 or so minutes was all about how I received/viewed ESPN content (i.e. magazine subscriptions, ESPN iPhone apps, Insider, ect...). Unfortunately I don't subscribe to a lot of that stuff and ultimately I think that's what hurt me in the long run. The rest of the interview went really well, asked a lot of question about my college experiences and leading/managing people. Afterwards, I had a good feeling about it and was expecting another call. Instead I got an email about 1 1/2 later saying the had filled the position. I later found out that internship went to old friend of mine at a different university and was happy to know a solid individual got the opportunity. Overall a good experience.

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Emphasis on how I received ESPN content.

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Sep 2011 in Bristol, CT (took a day)

I recently had the opportunity to do a SKYPE interview over the internet with the Director of the department hiring for the position. In a second interview over SKYPE I was interviewed by two additional heads of department. The process involved general questions about qualifications, education and work experience, as well as questions about my personal sports tastes and interest. Very friendly interview staff, and professional process. After each interview I was told there would be about a two week time in which they would make their decision, and get back to me which they did.

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What has made me decide to try my hand at sports broadcast production.

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed May 2011 in Bristol, CT (took 2 months)

The interview process was relatively easy, but in order to get an answer from the company about your interview you need to call them yourself. They said they were going to call back in a week and 2 weeks had passed, so after the 3rd week I called back and turned down the offer.

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Why do you want to work in sports?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed May 2011 in Bristol, CT (took a day)

Went for a 3 on 1 interview, despite it being a group interview, it was still quite relaxed and friendly. The position being of a technical nature, sports knowledge was not important. The interviewers mostly wanted to know about tech background and would occasionally throw in a question to more or less gauge your response. I.e. One asked me what I would say if they told me that they felt my performance in the interview was poor. Best advice is try not to react too much to questions like these.

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What would you say if we told you we thought your performance in this interview was poor.

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Negotiation Details

Started at 50,000.00 per year.

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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.

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3.0

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Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2011 in Bristol, CT (took a day)

I was referred to ESPN and had my Resume Pushed to the HR department and had a phone interview with two HR employees. The first time I was told that my resume was pushed to the trainee department and was told to follow up and call back. I called and e-mailed multiple time, I even left messages but no one returned them. I had to email the the person that referred me, and told them that I had gotten no response. They then referred me to another Hr employee to have another interview Once again with this Hr Rep I was told to follow up and call back but then again I received no more responses while calling and emailing. They make it seem as if they are to busy to do anything at that company. The first Hr employee got back to me one month after the initial interview threw an e-mail telling me that she forwarded my resume.

Interview Questions

What do you plan on doing in the next 15-20 years?

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.

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3.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2011 in Bristol, CT (took a day)

I was called by HR for screening. Was asked about my previous work in experience in college. Was asked a couple questions regarding recent sports knowledge based on last year. Round 2 was by hiring manager who asked me more about my background and asked specifically what equipment I used in my broadcast studio.

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Aug 2010 in Bristol, CT (took 2 days)

I was told that the interview process for the job I was applying for consisted of 3 stages.

Stage 1 - I was called by someone in their HR department and she gave me the below 6 questions:

     1) Which NFL QB has thrown for the most touchdowns?
     2) What are the 4 major golf tournaments?
     3) Who is the winningest NCAA basketball coach?
     4) Name two Lakers besides Kobe Bryant
     5) How is ERA calculated?
     6) Name 3 of the last 5 Heisman Trophy winners and what school they went to

I passed Stage 1 and was asked when I was available for Stage 2.

Stage 2 - HR called (she was 15 minutes late for the phone interview) and said she was going to send me a Microsoft Word document with a variety of questions for Stage 2. I could use the internet or whatever source possible to answer the questions as long as the document was returned to her with the 45 minute time limit. I ended up going over the 45 minutes and was promptly disqualified. There was a ton of questions in this stage. Things such as looking at box scores and picking out the error, identifying which athletes played which sports, formulas for various hockey statistics, etc.

Stage 3 - I never made it to Stage 3 but the HR rep said the questions were more analytic in nature than Stage 2.