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Updated May 21, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Director at ESPN
Posted Jul 11, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Los Angeles, CA (took 1 week)
Very professional. First screened by HR associate. Interview set up by VP assistant. Received call promptly at specified time. Lasted 25 - 30 minutes. Thorough questions. Answered all completely.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Statistics Analyst at ESPN
Posted Jun 22, 2010
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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 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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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Marketing Director at ESPN
Posted Jun 9, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Chicago, IL (took 6+ weeks)
Unfortunately it wasn't a great experience. Hiring manager was over 30 minutes late to our phone interview and indicated he was in the car heading home in traffic. He seemed unprepared and had very little to ask. After being cut short because he had arrived at home, he said we had a good conversation and would be contacting me the next day to schedule a second interview with him and another member of his team. Never heard from the guy again.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Financial Analyst at ESPN
Posted May 9, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2008 in New York, NY (took 2 months)
There was an initial phone screening with human resources. Then several interviews with the team members as well as other functional groups with the candidate would interact with. The interview process was straightforward but took awhile because there were many qualified candidates.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Digital Media at ESPN
Posted Mar 31, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2008 (took 2 weeks)
Several phone interviews with various executives followed by 1:1 meetings. Expect you to have detailed knowledge of the company and how your addition would be a positive one
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Production Assistant at ESPN
Posted Jan 21, 2010
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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 Oct 2009 (took a day)
I was selected from a group of candidates to be interviewed during a college recruitment session through my university career center. I submitted my resume in September and interviewed about a month later in October on campus. I interviewed for ESPN Deportes and ESPN studio production. The interview was 1:1 and focused mainly on my educational and professional experience with a portion of the interview being in spanish. I was asked basic sports related questions about tennis, soccer, basketball, etc. and it lasted about 45 minutes. I thought the interview went really well and felt comfortable throughout but unfortunately never heard back from them. I would recommend brushing up on any sports and current story lines that you may not follow regularly including international.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Project Manager at ESPN
Posted Nov 23, 2009
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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 Oct 2009 in New York, NY (took a day)
I submitted my resume through their online system in Aug, and by end of Sept I had a request for an interview. Keep in mind, the initial interview is done via HR and it's not necessarily long but very succinct.
She asked basic questions, my experience with sports and with certain sporting affiliations. Once that interview was over, I waited almost another month prior to hearing anything (even with follow up) simply because the next person who needed to interview my was a Vice President of a certain division. So that interview was less than 25 minutes (also on the phone) Questions asked: problem solving questions, what I think about hs sports and females in HS sports. These questions were obviously directed to a new venture ESPN is undertaking. Although I thought the interview went well, perhaps I was not the right fit (i..e not sports oriented enough) for role they were looking to fill as my repeated attempts to follow up with HR have gone unreturned for status updates. It is after all ESPN, there were probably 100 applicants....(and around the time of the Steve Phillips situation!!)
I was definitely appreciative of the fact that I made it to the second round of interviewing. At least I am on the right track :-)
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Marketing Analyst at ESPN
Posted Oct 4, 2009
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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 Jun 2007 (took a day)
After a phone interview, I was flown out to their office to meet with 8 individuals including 5 teammates, my hiring manager, the director of the group, and the VP of the group. The interview questions were reasonable, and I felt like they were mostly focused on gauging my passion for the product as well as my potential to fit into the culture. Knowledge of the sporting industry is suggested but not required. It was a 6 hour day, and all of the team members were friendly and easy to talk to.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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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
Difficult Interview
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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
Difficult Interview
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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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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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