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Updated May 22, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Outside Sales at LivingSocial
Posted May 22, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Sydney (Australia) (took a day)
The Comapny screened by phone from USA - prepped to mock pitch
Then "super series" interviews at a hotel - 1st round mocked pitched to Sales managers
Then later same day if passed1st round - interview with different sales managers.
Very well organized and they rang to offer job with 48 hours.
They were great at answering questions about job and office culture and accommodating on start dates.
Full week of training offered
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Negotiation Details
Thr offer is pretty fixed, everyone starts on same salary - which is good enough - not the highest, but it is a an easy sales pitch and KPI's are reasonable so sales job that is not impossible to maintain long term and they do recruit and promote from within when possible
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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IT at LivingSocial
Posted May 21, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 (took a day)
A very complicated interview for a internship at livingsocial. It consisted of what are your strengths and weaknesses. Also what can you bring to the company.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Manager at LivingSocial
Posted May 18, 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 Washington, DC (took 3 days)
started with a 1:1 phone interview with the recruiter who then had me do a 1:1 with the hiring manager. I was then asked to come in for a face to face with a number of the staff. My entire interview process was rushed. To start I only had 30 min with each person and then to add insult to injury each interview started late so everything was compressed. That aside the experience was about average while I was onsite as were the questions.
As I was escorted out of the building I was told that I would be contacted in the next day or two with results. I naturally followed-up with the HR people thanking them for the opportunity. Its been a month and I'm still waiting for the official "no", but it is a foregone conclusion I did not get the job.
I don't expect to be made an offer but I do at least expect to be treated like a human being and not cattle, the least they could have done is called me and said I was not hired.
I'm extremely disappointed with the professionalism of the staff at LivingSocial. Having read other reviews on Glassdoor not calling the applicant back seems to be their MO. Worth adding I went in for a more senior role, so this bad behavior seems to occur throughout the org regardless of the seniority of the applicant.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Adventures Events Manager at LivingSocial
Posted May 17, 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 (took a day)
Initial communication was pretty standard. Email notification to set-up time to interview on phone. 30 minute interview was with recruiter from Washington DC area. Questions varied but revolved around market I live and they asked - What is the most adventurous thing that you have ever done?
One thing I found is that I had to explain alot of details about my city since the recruiter had never visited here before. So very specific market-relatated answers went over their head since they had no idea what adventures were popular in my area...
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Account Executive at LivingSocial
Posted May 17, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 (took 2 weeks)
I saw the ad on linked in and thought I'd send my resume over. The recruiter was really nice and I had a phone interview with her. I then had an interview with a gentleman who was late not once but twice to the conversation and really didn't think anything of it. I thought it was very unprofessional like my time wasn't valuable. After that bad experience, I got to role play with another hiring manager and she didn't even get involved in the role play at all! She just sat there and since role playing on the phone for an outside sales job is a waste of time, I declined to go further. Just too unprofessionally handled for me.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Marketing Consultant at LivingSocial
Posted May 12, 2012
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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 Dec 2010 (took 2 weeks)
whirlwind process - 3 phone interviews and entire day of interviews with panels of people in DC - you did not know who they were or how they fit into the puzzle. Exhausting. The recruiters were really nice though and they did a great job of getting me ready for the panels by providing me with enough company info to make a decent sales pitch.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
No there is no negotiating - they offer a package - take it or leave it
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Adventures City Manager at LivingSocial
Posted Apr 27, 2012
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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 Mar 2011 (took 3 days)
Part 1 was a group presentation. Part 2 was 1:1 interview and Part 3 was 3:1 event pitches. The process was very intense but it allowed you to really show your personality and while the panel gave very little information about the job specifics they did give an idea of the company's culture. From here select people were chosen for Part 4 where we learned more specifics and had a chance to ask questions.
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Negotiation Details
I was not able to negotiate but one of the other hires was prepared with cost of living comparisons and salaries for similar jobs and was able to negotiate a. 10% increase.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Sales at LivingSocial
Posted Apr 26, 2012
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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 Jan 2012 (took 2 weeks)
Short phone interview, asking about general background and resume. Asked a few job and company specific questions. Made sure I knew how their deal set up worked, and what were their target markets. Asked about how you would handle a customer that was not happy with their experience, and what kind of customers they focus on.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Sales at LivingSocial
Posted Apr 25, 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 Jul 2011 (took 2 days)
Flown in. Not fed. Hotel wasn't near anything walkable and/or were told that we could be cattle called at any moment. Ended up incurring significant unreimbursable expenses. Treated like cattle by kids who were fresh out of college. They got me to the airport late to leave. I missed my plane. Most irritating and unprofessional interview ever.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Marketing Associate at LivingSocial
Posted Apr 23, 2012
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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 Mar 2012 (took 4+ weeks)
Phone interview asks basic questions about your resume, experience, etc. In person consisted of 2 parts. One basic questions another was a practice sales pitch.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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