Freddie Mac Interview Questions & Reviews

Interviewed Jul 2011 (took 1 week)

I applied online and was contacted by HR within 24 hours to set up an HR screen. Questions were general regarding background. HR recruiter was new to the role and told me that she would recommend me for interviewing. She left on vacation and gave me the name of a colleague who would email me details. I didn't receive an email for several days and followed up by email (I didn't have phone number) to the substitute HR recruiter who told me that she emailed the information days ago and didn't understand why I hadn't confirmed the interview that was scheduled for the next day. It turns out, she misspelled my name in the email address; she didn't apologize, just asked whether I could make it (which I did after re-arranging some other appointments).

Arrived for 1:1 with hiring manager and then her supervisor. Campus is beautiful, office is somewhat aging with yellow-ish lights. Hiring manager was in small internal office; SVP of the area was in nice exterior office. Both were professional and asked few questions while I had a long list. I felt confident in my ability to do the job so I my objective was to understand more about where the position sits in the organization and the culture of the company given the federal government's role in its management. I found it somewhat odd that the success of this position depends on how well the person meets the needs of a business unit, but the head of that unit did not want to interview candidates. While I thought I clicked with both interviewers (the SVP moreso than the hiring manager), I was told by the SVP that someone would be in touch early the next week. I sent emails and handwritten thank you notes to both interviewers expressing interesting in the position and hoping to continue discussions. Five weeks later, I still hadn't heard from anyone (though of course I guessed outcome). I left message for 1st HR recruiter asking for status and feedback (assuming I didn't get it). She returned message within 24 hrs and said that the job was offered to an internal candidate and that she had not heard any feedback from my interviews (again, no apology for not contacting me when they said they would).