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Updated May 21, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Account Executive at Groupon
Posted May 15, 2012 — 3 of 3 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2012 in Chicago, IL (took 1 week)
Got a call from a recruiter that took 15 min. Scheduled another interview to go over work experience that took 40 min. In person role play followed by 2 interviews with managers. Then offers couple days after. It was pretty laid back and on point. Had not complaints.
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Negotiation Details
I was able to negotiate due to my previous work experience.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Corporate Recruiter at Groupon
Posted May 14, 2012 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 4 days)
The interview process at Groupon was perhaps one of the most genuine processes I've experienced. As a recruiter, I interview for a living. The team at Groupon treated me as a potential future in-law to their family, not only a future co-worker. They took the time to get to know me. To ask thought provoking questions and to sell me. Most companies on the upward swing in the silicon valley are young, cocky and focused solely on what THEY want. Not also on why a candidate might want to join. I left there feeling that the staff was not only genuine and kind but very motivated and intellectual.
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Negotiation Details
Genuine. The conversation was no nonsense. "What are you making?" "What would it take to get you to sign today?"
Easy.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Product Management at Groupon
Posted May 21, 2012
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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 Mar 2012 in Berlin, Berlin (Germany) (took 3 days)
1.5 hours of an interview by the hiring manager and the technical leader. Aim to understand your thought process, ask questions about certain system, are not interested in your desires and targets. Very straight to the point.
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Negotiation Details
I was able to negotiate some salary raise.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Groupon
Posted May 21, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2012 in Chicago, IL (took a day)
Initially I was very excited to be presented with the ability to interview with a great company like Groupon. But that was about the highlight of my experience. On the first round (a phone interview). The interviewer was late 10 minutes and secondly admitted he received my resume five minutes before the call.... way to get me motivated... When they called back for an in person I hesitantly agreed. The in person consisted of about 4 interviewers and the CFO. For the most part I would say they were alright albeit 2 of the interviewers seemed a bit junior and that made be a bit nervous. The CFO will blow your socks off... be prepared he is straight to the point in a refreshing kind of way. Overall, it was sloppy and disorganized with periods of time (15mins) of me sitting in the room alone while they figured out who would come in to talk to me.. The questions on the most part are irrelevant and very vague ... not sure what would drive them to ask situation based questions with no description... kind of a waste of time and energy.
Work Culture- like a college library but not quiet. Can honestly say its pretty cool, but everyone is junior in their careers it seems like.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Account Executive at Groupon
Posted May 10, 2012 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Apr 2012 (took 4 weeks)
First two phone interviews are with the corporate recruiter getting general information about your resume and background to qualify for postion. The third interview is with a division sales manager over a few states and the final interview is with a regional sales manager that is just a couple steps away from executive level. The third interview was questions about selling style, what kind of numbers you are used to going after, how comfortable are you with the "hunters" mentality and the goals for the city are pretty aggressive so you need to be aggressive as well. The final interview was same thing just on a broader scale not as dialed down to the divisional level. I wasn't chosen for the position because they went with someone who had daily deal experience and not just sales and marketing experience.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Customer Service Representative at Groupon
Posted May 7, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Aug 2011 in Chicago, IL (took 1 week)
The focus was on the ability to adapt to constant change. And the ability to provide the quality work and how a questionable situation will be handled if you don't know what to do.
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Negotiation Details
Not much negotiation at all honestly. Recession allows for the benefit of getting a full time job as being sufficient.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Software Developer at Groupon
Posted May 8, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 (took 4+ weeks)
Recruiter rescheduled the interview for SIX times thru emails. NEVER called. (Chicago office)
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I got the interview through a College or University.
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Sales at Groupon
Posted May 17, 2012 — 0 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 May 2012 in Los Angeles, CA (took 3 days)
It was good
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Management at Groupon
Posted May 4, 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 Mar 2012 in Chicago, IL (took 4 weeks)
I applied through their website and in a few days, the HR person contacted me for multiple positions. They all looked good and I picked one and proceeded. I had a phone interview with the HR person and got a call that the Hiring Manager wanted to take to me. The manager was nice during the interview and we spoke for about 45 minutes and he invited me to the office right on the phone.
So I come into the office and meet the Hiring Manager and about 5-6 other people. The Manager is nice again, but seems to be in a hurry. The other interviews were conversational and overall a good experience. The HR person calls me 3-4 days later with a bland "they thought you were not a good fit". I was surprised that this was the reason given out after 3 rounds of interviews. I wonder if the accounting news that broke out had something to do with it. Overall, it started off well, but I think they could have given better and more honest feedback.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Product Manager - Mobile at Groupon
Posted May 3, 2012
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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 Mar 2012 in Palo Alto, CA (took 2 weeks)
I was emailed by a technical recruiter from Groupon via LinkedIn. I then had an hour long chat with their Director of Product Recruitment. She was mostly updating me on what Groupon's next year's goals were and about 15 minutes of questions about me. She was very cheerful and pleasant to speak with on the phone. After a few days I got another email to have another phone interview with the Director of Product for mobile. The interviewer was quick and dove right into the questions. Things like describe yourself as three adjectives and why, what's a product you admire, etc. The interview went well, though after one answer (How would you define success of the Groupon daily deal?) the interviewer said the interview was over, if I had questions for him. Bam, 20 minutes over. Never heard from them again.
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