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Updated Feb 11, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Account Executive at Media General
Posted Feb 11, 2012
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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 Jan 2012 (took 2 weeks)
Sent email to Advertising Director and received a response the next week about a job opening. Spoke initially on the phone, then set up in person interview. Second interview was with the Publisher of the company. Soon after an offer was made. Very informative interview. General questions asked and what to expect of a job with their company.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Specialized Web Design at Media General
Posted Apr 12, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Jul 2010 in Richmond, VA (took 2 weeks)
Initially contact by a consulting company recruiter who connected me to the onsite employee. After a few calls I was invited onsite for an interview that was scheduled for several hours. The first question asked after the obligatory "did you have trouble finding our budling" type questions was about monetary expectations. At that point they should have thanked me for coming out and ended the interview. Instead, I sat through the remainder of the interviews not quite sure that this was a good match for me. I walked away at the end hoping they would not offer the position and thankfully they did not. I followed up with an email and a handwritten thank you, and after not receiving any response, followed up again with an email and a phone call. they did not ever respond which further cemented my decisition that this is not an organziation I want to work with in the next few years. Several times over the next two months I received calls from recruiters excited that I was a "perfect match" for this opening they were trying to fill. Next thing out of their mouth was that the monetary compensation was probably a bit on the low side so we should talk about moeny up front. Their minimum requiremens for this Senior level postion - broad experience in multiple industries, BS degree (MS preferred), and 10+ minimum years (15+ preferred). On paper, I exceeded all of their requirements and felt I could do the job well. I did like the vibe I got from the people I met, so I knew it was not a good match for me. Later I found out there were offering less than $60K/year for this position, which is more closely match to someone who has just graduated or has just a few years experience.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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District Manager at Media General
Posted Aug 3, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2008 in Richmond, VA (took 2 days)
The main one on one interviews were a mess. The regional manager (East) who was supposed to interview me was unavailable the day I was scheduled. They had to call in another regional manager (West) at the last minute and he was unprepared. Their boss the state manager tossed everything on the second manager and took off as fast as he could. The only person who seemed to have any organization was the secretary who tried to keep everything from falling apart. I soon realized, as I was hired, that the reason for most of the problems was the lack of manpower and the overworking of those there. This is the common culture at this company. Many jobs go unfilled or are eliminated leaving the ramaining people to try and hold all the pieces together. You can see this in the fact that in my first six months one of the regional managers had been laid off and the other was moved to the transportation department which was in even worse shape for leadership. Their positions were eliminated leaving an already disorganized state manager in worse shape. A common feeling is passed around in the office: when things are good your job is good; when things are bad your job is bad. The only problem is for every twelve months only one is good and this is not an issue of the economy.
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There is no real negotiation. There is only the interviewer trying to make the pay sound like it is more than it is based on performance bonuses. The only problem is that most of the performance standards that you need to meet to get the bonuses are unreachable in most districts. Another manager I met had been there at least 4 years more than me. He said in his entire time he had never gotten the numbers needed to get the major bonus money only the smaller goals that gave little reward so he stopped even trying after a while.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Drug Test.
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Account Executive at Media General
Posted May 8, 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 Mar 2008 in Richmond, VA (took 2 months)
I had 6 interviews before I was made an offer.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Reporter at Media General
Posted Aug 10, 2009
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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 Jun 2009 (took a day)
i emailed the news director directly, who then called me in for an interview. the station was very easy to find, and the staff and news diretor was very inviting and warm. i took a tour of the station and met the watched the broadcast..i took a writing test and answered some questions about the city and state.
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