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Updated Feb 21, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Operations at Glassdoor
Posted Feb 21, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Sausalito, CA (took a day)
While the interview objective was for the purposes of vetting, it was a rapid fire screening with no opportunity to ask questions or participate interactively. The interview was conducted by the CEO who (while pleasant enough), was rushed and impersonal. He would have been better served by having an HR generalist read through questions and capture responses. Disappointing as this type of phone screen doesn't provide for enough input or feedback to reveal skills, cite characteristics and core competencies that would prompt further exploration . . . wasn't a fair assessment.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Account Executive at Glassdoor
Posted Aug 19, 2011
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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 Jul 2011 in Sausalito, CA (took 3 days)
Met with one sales manager who asked me questions about my sales process (prospecting, approach, closing ratios, follow up). He liked what he heard so he turned me over to another sales manager who put me on the spot to sell him on what I had been selling just prior. A quick role play later and they asked if I could come back in a couple of days and meet with the VP of Sales.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Software Engineer at Glassdoor
Posted Aug 6, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Sausalito, CA (took 2 days)
Glassdoor does not have any recruiter for hiring software engineers. I applied online directly on their site and got an interview call within 2 weeks of my application. There was an initial phone screen conducted by a senior engineer at glassdoor. The initial phone screen was ok but the engineer liked my problem solving skills and i was called onsite for the interview. I had 3 technical interviews and 1 interview with a product manager. I found the place to be really exciting and people there were really nice. I got an offer the very next day. Meanwhile, I had 3 other offers as well. I really liked glassdoor but I was not sure about commuting since it is 50 miles away from where I stay. After giving a lot of thought about it and after talking to the VP of engineering and the CEO, I was convinced that this is a place where I would have a great learning experience. I decided to relocate and join glassdoor and accepted their offer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Account Manager at Glassdoor
Posted Jul 20, 2011
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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 May 2011 (took 3 weeks)
I interviewed first with Readyforce - I submitted an application, and then they had me take an assessment. Once I passed that, I had a video interview with Readyforce. Once they showed my video to people at Glassdoor, they opted to interview me. I first spoke with the Director of Sales on the phone, and then the following week spoke with the Sales Operations Lead. They then decided to bring me in for a face to face with both the Sales Operations Lead and the VP of Sales.
My interviews were all pretty straightforward, and so was my offer letter. I think my process took a little longer than most, only because I went through Readyforce. The actual interviews weren't difficult, as I found I was able to easily answer their questions ... and I was also able to find some really common ground with one of my interviewers, which made things a lot easier.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Account Manager at Glassdoor
Posted Jul 17, 2011
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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 May 2011 in Sausalito, CA (took 2 days)
The interview consisted of an hour long phone conversation. I was asked about my proficiency in excel and if I was familiar with pivot tables and ok working in excel daily. The second interview was in person where I met with three people, including the CEO of the company. In my in person meeting, we went through the day to day at Glassdoor and how my skill set would fit for the position.
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I was not able to negotiate salary, but I was able to negotiate equity and get much more than originally offered. When I asked for more equity a second time, the second request wasn't honored but I still got more from the original amount offered and they were not upset at all with my requests.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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PR Specialist at Glassdoor
Posted Jul 15, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Sausalito, CA (took 3 days)
The interview process took an active role in getting to know me as a PR professional. I was required to analyze data from the site and craft a press release surrounding the news I was able to mine from the results. During the in-person interview, a role-playing scenario was acted out where my interviewer pretended to be a reporter. She had me call her on her cell phone while she was in the other room and pitch her on the press release I'd just written. Following that, I met with a co-founder who first asked extensive questions about my background, and then picked my brain for story angles and pitch ideas from the site. It was the most progressive interview I've ever experienced. Coming out of the interview, I was even more intrigued with the company and interested in working there. They were able to show me first-hand how fast-paced and exciting the work envirnoment is -- it's clear to me from the interview process that the company is filled with hand-picked smart and hardworking individuals.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing at Glassdoor
Posted Jul 11, 2011 — 1 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 Jun 2011 in Sausalito, CA (took 2 days)
When the recruitment intern from GlassDoor.com called and asked if I was interested in having a 30 minute phone interview the following Monday, I said "YES"!
I LOVE glassdoor.com, and am a user and thought "How cool! Wouldn't it be great to work for a company that I already believe in and subscribe to!?"
Then I went to www.glassdoor.com and read some reviews of the company. OMG! Every reviewer entered a five rating... across the board! Everyone who works there LOVES, LOVES, LOVES IT! Who could not resist wanting to work for this incredible company!?
Then I read some of their press and I thought to myself "Wow, so much solid funding from so many reputable VCs! "Usually I steer against start ups, but this sounds too good to be true! "WHERE DO I SIGN!?"
So Monday came. My interview was scheduled for 2:30pm. At 2pm, my work phone rings. A young man introduces himself. He is with glassdooor.com. I'm happy to hear from him, but ask if I got the time wrong, as I had thought our interview was scheduled for 2:30pm. He puts me on hold. He comes back and apologizes "You're right, it's for 2:30pm. Here is my cell phone number, call me back here at 2:30pm." "Will do!," I promise.
Ring-a-ding-ding. It's 2:30pm. I'm calling. Once, twice, three times. Nobody is answering that cell phone number.
Odd, I think.
I call the Intern/Recruiter. Tell her about the mishap. She reschedules us for 2:30pm the very next day. He will call me, she assures me. She has all my contact info. I'm psyched again.
Next day is Tuesday. It's 2:30pm. No call. Now it's 2:40pm, still no call. You guessed it, 3pm comes and goes.... and noooooo call.
Sigh.
I went home that night a bit discouraged. I had been so excited. Such a cool job! Such a cool company!!!!
I make some dinner. I walk into my home office. I pick up my messages. Mister GlassDoor had called me at precisely 2:30pm. I check my email. Mister GlassDoor had emailed me there at the same time as well.
Odd, i think.
I write back to Mr. GD. "I'm so sorry I missed you! However, you wrote and called me at home. I'm at work during the days!"
No future calls. No future emails. Nothing.
Sigh.
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Software Engineer at Glassdoor
Posted Jun 14, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 1+ week)
The people at Glassdoor were very nice although at first it was impossible to reach anyone. My interview was what you'd expect of any normal software engineering job -- some technical questions, some normal interview questions. All in all, a nice experience. Unfortunately, the commute was a bit too length for my liking.
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Senior Product Manager - Content & Community at Glassdoor
Posted May 25, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 2011 in Sausalito, CA (took 4 weeks)
The initial 45 minute phone interview with the Sr. Director of Product Management started out with a description of the role and a discussion of how the definition of the role had changed over time. Apparently the applicants who applied when they initially posted the position were not inline with what they were seeking so they revised the role and reposted it. We also reviewed my background and how it applied to the position. I then had a second 45 minute phone interview with the VP Product & Marketing. We reviewed my background and then got into some problem solving exercises that included: (1) What are some strategies for acquiring content on larger companies for which we they currently have none? (2) How do we keep information on over 200,000 companies up to date? (3) What would be the criteria for determining the length of time salary data remains relevant? Following this interview they scheduled me to come in for five hours of on-site interviews with various team members. The night before they emailed me and said that they would need to cancel the on-site interviews since they needed to again redefine the role.
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Account Manager at Glassdoor
Posted May 9, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took 3 days)
applied for the job through Ready Force. 48hrs after I applied I received an email from Ready Force saying that based on my experience they would like me to do a skills test. Took the skills test next i was asked to set up a time for an interview. At this point I had the choice to pick an inperson interview or an interview online. I went with the online interview, which I loved since it allowed me to set up an interview very easily around the times that I work. I was able to even set up an interview on a Saturday! The only thing that I found hard about the online interview was that I am not use to looking into a camera on a computer so it would do me so good to get more comfortable with that. All and all I loved the flexibility on setting up an interview, as well as the skills test.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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