ESPN Interview Questions & Reviews in Bristol, CT
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Updated May 21, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Analytics Specialist at ESPN
Posted Nov 1, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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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.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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Associate Financial Analyst at ESPN
Posted Oct 3, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Bristol, CT (took 3 days)
Applied to the position online, contacted for a basic phone interview, then invited in to the office for an in-person interview.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Statistics Analyst at ESPN
Posted Jun 22, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Bristol, CT (took a day)
Just a bunch of sports knowledge questions. I failed to remember who the last NHL Stanley Cup winner was and that pretty much ended my interview.
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Web Developer at ESPN
Posted Aug 10, 2009 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2008 in Bristol, CT (took 2 days)
The phone interview was basically about 10 mins describing what my current job entails, then about 30 technical questions about web development. After the phone interview I flew up to Bristol for an interview with about 13 people. about 7 1:1 interviews and 3 paired interviews. Many interviewers had word problems written down that they wanted me to solve. I did not get a break from 8am-5pm. Even during lunch I was sent with 2 interviewers who quizzed me on browser rendering issues. When I asked how they liked the company and the area, I usually got this strange look from the person and said "It is ESPN, what more do you need to know?", which upset me, because I don't care how much ESPN I watch on TV, it seemed like working for them was a glorified sweat shop.
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Reason for Declining
The offer was much lower than I currently make and the hours required for the job were well over 40 a week. I thought 9 hours of straight interviews with no tour of the campus was ridiculous.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Statistical Analyst at ESPN
Posted Jul 27, 2009 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 in Bristol, CT (took a day)
Be prepared for lots of sports trivia! I had two basic questions about why I applied and why I wanted to work there. Then they asked about my sports knowledge with questions like:
Which NFL QB has thrown for the most touchdowns?
What are the 4 major golf tournaments?
Who is the winningest NCAA basketball coach?
Name two Lakers besides Kobe
How is ERA calculated?
and the one that effectively ended the interview for me:
Name the last 5 Heisman winners and their schools.
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