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Project Manager at Research in Motion
Posted Aug 15, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Waterloo, ON (Canada) (took 2 days)
RIM has a well organized recruiting fair that it uses to sift through all applicants to find it's key prospects and candidates. I was surprised at the average age of the employees and staff involved. RIM seems to have a very young workforce. The interview process and people were very professional and positive. Upon talking closely with the various staff, I was also surprised at the level of work experience, both in total and with RIM itself. It was common that the current employees had only been in their positions for several months to 1 or 2 years. People with 5+ years in RIM were extremely rare. As mentioned before, most employees seem to be fresh graduates or with a couple to few years experience. The company campus was extensive and impressive. The company is well organized and has a small business environment with a large, youthful staff, which is why I suspect turnover is high and also due to high degree of university hiring.
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Reason for Declining
Due to the highly unstable future of RIM and the numerous negative business and financial outlooks it seems to be plagued with, further pursuit was postponed.
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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 Background Check.
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Project Manager at Research in Motion
Posted Mar 28, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 (took 2 weeks)
I was contacted by a RIM recruiter through linkedin for a Project Manager position at RIM. The position is located in Waterloo, I was very interested in the position but Waterloo is not a location of my choice. During the phone interview with the recruiter, I had mentioned about it would be considerable if I can work from RIM office in Mississauga, and off course I can be on site at Waterloo one day /week or whenever needed (face-to-face meetings...). One thing I'd like to mention here is the phone interview with RIM recruiter was about longer than 30 min, they really need to know the salary range expectation from candidates before moving forward.
The recruiter really liked my qualifications, background, skill set and followed-up my application to the hiring manager. After about 3 days, the recruiter informed me that the hiring manager wanted to have a phone interview with me. We (the recruiter and I) communicated back and forth to agree upon the date/time of the interview.
The hiring manager wanted to have her team (6 people) to interview me by phone and separated into two groups. The first group consists of the hiring manager and the 2 team members. They called me on my cell, I was not very impressed with the way they approached the interview. It seems like they were not well-prepared for the questions they asked. My first feeling was "I don't want to work for them". After about 25 minutes and I had a chance to ask some questions. One of my questions was is it possible for this position to be located in Mississauga office? After hearing this question, the hiring manager gave a very short answer and ended the interview.
The recruiter emailed me and mentioned about the reason. I was not offered the job but very happy. My thoughts about RIM has been changed since this interview. I was not very impressed with the way the hiring manager conducted the interview.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Project Manager at Research in Motion
Posted Jan 3, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 in Waterloo, ON (Canada) (took 3 days)
First I got a phone call, made a phone interview appointment. Then several days later, I got the phone interview, it lasted about 30 minutes and just some basic questions, like background review. After about 1 or 2 weeks, I got an email and informed me to take an on site interview. It was a group interview, 4 people attended, one of them is the director of the branch. This interview took about 2 hours. After that, they asked me to take another on site interview, it was a 1:1 interview. The group leader interviewed me. It took about 1 and a half hour.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Project Manager at Research in Motion
Posted Jun 15, 2010 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 (took 3 days)
Asked plenty of behavioral questions and made it very difficult to give direct answers by making the questions very open-ended. There was no intention of a 1:1 interview, it was all via telephone which may or may not be a good thing since it doesn't allow you to show who you really are.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Project Manager at Research in Motion
Posted May 27, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 2010 in Waterloo, ON (Canada) (took 2 weeks)
Nice, welcoming interviewers. Missed the opportunity to work with them. The first round was on phone with direct report and his manager. Manager okayed for the 2nd round and the direct report (1:1) along with another team member(on phone) GRILLED me with plethora of questions. The exhaustive list of questions is here for anyone interested in tyical Project Management role:
I would prefer final round of interview to be 100% face to face. It becomes difficult to make an impression on the phone:(.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Project Manager at Research in Motion
Posted Apr 28, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 months)
I applied for the position in February and in April HR contacted me to arrange a phone interview. In the phone interview the recruiter explained more details about the position and asked some usual questions, like "Why I want to work at RIM?", my salary expectation, some skills required by the position etc. After 2 weeks they called me again to arrange a personal interview with 2 people. The process is still opened.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Project Manager at Research in Motion
Posted Oct 27, 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 Sep 2009 (took 2+ weeks)
I submitted application on line. After about 20 days, a recruiter contact me via email to schedule a phone interview. It took about 30 to 40 minutes. Some general questions were asked and also asked me to verify the information in the resume. Questions like why are you interested in RIM? and why are you interesetd in this position.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Project Manager at Research in Motion
Posted Jun 9, 2009 — 1 of 1 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 Feb 2009 in Waterloo, ON (Canada) (took 2 weeks)
The interview process was rather straight forward. There was an initial screening and a 90 minute phone interview. The interview itself consisted of describing my past experiences and accomplishments. In addition, I had to elaborate in detail how my past experiences relate to the position I'm applying for. I also had to make mock design/management decisions using fictional metrics. In addition, we discussed project management strategies and their effectiveness in various product development scenarios.
The last 30 minutes of the interview was the standard behavioral questions and an assessment of fit within the team. In all it was a pleasant and stress free process. If you are genuinely interested in project management your enthusiasm will aid you tremendously in obtaining a position at RIM.
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Negotiation Details
The salary is determined based on your work/academic background. I was more than pleased with the compensation I received so I did not negotiate.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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