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Updated Feb 15, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Very Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)

First informal interview in a cafe with a Director in the group I had approached speculatively via email. Officially this should have been followed by two further formal interviews, but based on the fact I was a senior experienced hire with 18 years experience they decided to do this in one session. It was quite straightforward with another Director from the same group, who had a specialist background similar to mine. The offer arrived by phone call the day after the interview.

Interview Questions

Why do your repeat business clients come back to you?

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Will you be comfortable working in a role at a level more junior than your current position?

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Negotiation Details

The initial offer was well below my current salary but as I was somewhat changing career and retraining I was expecting this. However I was able to negotiate the basic upwards a little, about 5%.

Other Details

I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Aug 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 months)

Round 1 was a phone interview which was pretty straightforward - HR type - to gauge behavioural aspects of the candidate. It is conducted by an outsourced agency and lasts about an hour.

Round 2 was a numerical reasoning and English comprehension test administered online - takes about an hour and results are conveyed to the candidate within a day or two. if you've done GMATs etc, you would be familiar with this type of test. The results are shown where you rank for your profile compared to an average range.

Round 3 was a 1 on 1 interview - "technical" interview which is based around your work experience and CV and whether you have the skills / experience necessary to do the job.

Round 4 was a group and written interview - the written exercise takes about an hour, you're given a set of circumstances / case which you have to analyse and present your findings on 1 page - designed to gauge your ability to analyse information and present it in a coherent, structured manner.

the next part of this round was a group exercise, where you are placed in a room with other candidates and all given the same case with different roles to play within that case. The group has to reach a conclusion within an hour and judged by a panel of Directors. You will be fed additional information in the middle of the case study and they see whether or not you share that information with the rest of the group. It's like sitting in a cage / lab and being watched by scientists on your behaviour - very disconcerting and odd and you can never guess how you did!

normally there is one additional round which is an interview with a Partner.

Interview Questions

NO unexpected questions - usual - the Group session posed no questions, just laminated case material and you were watched on your reaction and discussion.

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Other Details

I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Jun 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 days)

lots of questions regarding sales ability, and client base. they were looking for someone to get down and dirty with wp review, plus sell $3mm.

Interview Questions

tell me about your client base, size of clients, services sold, etc

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tell me about your most difficult client, how did you deal with a difficult situation

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Reason for Declining

the opp did not make sense.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Personality Test.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Aug 2009 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 4 months)

Interview process took ages, around 4 months to see 3 different people and take tests. I aced the test but didn't get an offer or any feedback. It is difficult to know what they wanted. There was a late substitution in two of the interviews. One didn't know much about my area of expertise, that probably didn’t help plus I got the impression that he didn’t want to be there. I was interviewing for a senior manager / director role and they really didn’t seem to place much priority on recruitment.

Interview Questions

What profit measure should a company use?

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Other Details

I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.