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Updated May 28, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Order Management Specialist at Thomson Reuters
Posted Jan 8, 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 Nov 2011 in Geneva (Switzerland) (took 2 days)
The interview process for me was rather simple. It consisted of about a 45 minute interview along with the HR manager and the Team manager whom I am currently working for. The questions where very general as you would expect in most interviews. They asked about previous experiences how difficult situations where handled and also wanted to see that I was proactive at preventing issues. They where both very nice and very detail giving.
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If you dont mind sitting at a desk all day staring at a computer and are ready to be challenged by all the products this company has to offer then this is a perfect opportunity.
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Sales Executive at Thomson Reuters
Posted Jan 5, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 5 weeks)
Job description was extremely focused and a good fit on paper. Interview lacked any focus at all, included vague questions and meaningless anecdotes by interviewer. Took just shy of an hour. I was told I was a good match, and that we would proceed.....have not heard back, even after regular follow-up. Now receiving e-mails entitled posting other jobs at ThomsonReuters....are you kidding me?
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Technical Specialist at Thomson Reuters
Posted Dec 28, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took 2 days)
Interviewers were polite and considerate. You didn't feel like you're begging them for a job. Updates you on the process within reasonable time. The in-house recruiter also offered to help in future interest in the company when they turned me down. I feel like I would have liked the culture within this company.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Systems Analyst at Thomson Reuters
Posted Dec 23, 2011
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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 Dec 2011 (took 1 week)
It took about three weeks from the time I applied online for a recruiter to contact me. After the initial telephone conversation with the recruiter, I had a phone interview with the hiring manager, an on-site team interview, and an on-site interview with the director. From the first phone contact to the final offer was just over a week.
My impression of the interviews:
1) Recruiter phone: Just making sure I'm not an idiot. Asked for 1/2 hour of my time, took about 5 minutes. Professional conversation.
2) Manager phone: Pre qualify with a few technical questions.
3) Team on-site: More in-depth 'traditional' interview, getting to know the team & culture, more technical questions
4) Director 1:1 on-site: Validation of team's feedback, making sure I'm a good fit.
Overall, I was impressed with the speed of the interview process. I would say they were asking the right questions and didn't get caught up in weird dynamics, as sometimes happens with team interviews. I wouldn't say the interviews were 'easy', but they weren't painful. 'Professional' would be the best term.
After the verbal offer is accepted, you go through a company called HireRight for background screening. For this position, it was only employment history, education history, and criminal background check. There was no drug or credit check. I was not happy with the boilerplate consent form, because you have to consent to ALL screenings, even if they aren't doing them. This should be changed to be specific for the type of screening that will occur.
HireRight is not a good company. I would recommend Thomson Reuters go through another agency for background checks. I am not the only person who is unimpressed with their process. If you Google reviews for HireRight, you will see what I mean. Although my experience with them was less than satisfactory, at least I didn't have the nightmare that others experienced.
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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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Reference Attorney at Thomson Reuters
Posted Dec 23, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Eagan, MN (took 1 week)
Telephone call from company to say that they were interested in interviewing me for the Reference Attorney position. (Received a few calls from the same number, but no message left. When I called back the number, I was told that over 6,000 people work there... they couldn't direct me without a name. I asked for the HR department as they might be able to help me - was denied. Please note: I've been receiving lots of spam from the company, even though I'm on a do not contact list, because I'm an attorney... so this was a very weird way to start building a trusting relationship. Finally I received an email which provided me a name and direct contact number.
Person that called, without leaving messages more than 4 times, was a Reference Attorney tasked with calling future reference attorneys to give you the basics ($42,000 yr, no $ provided for relocation or required in-person interview by Jan 6th (email was De 19th,2011, 6 week training program, employee benefits starting on day you begin training, and hours will likely be 11 or noon - 8pm or 9pm b/c seniority dictates schedules. Additionally, even though they are a large company they will NOT provide any HELP with relocation, no information whatsoever.... no information regarding any possible apartment complexes or realtors they work with, not information on possible bus route, nothing. Even though these are things that can be found out individually... with so may people working there... over 6,000 in that location alone, a little partnership would have been nice.)
They refused my request for a telephone interview with a fellow co-worker, HR, potential boss, etc. They also let me know that because of the job market climate they are not flexible with regard to anything, (e.g, telephone interview before in person, I would be required to cover all costs associated with in person interview, moving, etc. and must be done w/in a month because training to start at end of January.) Being that they have 6,000 employees at their home office I asked if I could possibly work with one of their HR professionals that knows the area so that I could find an apartment and/or corporate housing during training... NO. Please note the position is only $42,000 a year so even though you can personally take these as above the line deductions, the amount of money you receive a year still means you will be paying them your first 6 months to work there - at a minimum. Please also note that this is the winter and in Minnesota they salt the streets... so when figuring out your finances consider your car not lasting more than 5 winters and any sale after a winter there will cost your car to be severely reduced in value.
Additionally, I asked for the attrition rate. It looks as though you should consider 50% of the people cannot be found in the company's email database after 12 or 11 months of being hired in this position.
Problem... I know everyone likes different things, but I would really love this position. I've worked in the industry before and found this type of work incredibly rewarding, and have a GREAT track history with being incredibly successful working in a company like this. (Had to stop working last time because of a very bad car accident that required me to take a break from full-time work because I had to get into 15 hour a day rehab from that car accident. To be clear - nothing about my accident ever came up.)
.... However, there were too many red flags or me to take at this time. I decided flying myself to their office for an interview, approx cost now $750-$950 not to mention cab to and from, and take on all the financial costs including breaking a lease that is currently 1/2 the price of equal places in the Eagan area.... without them wiling to mitigate my risks in any way way via a Skype interview with my potential boss, etc. .... I don't think the market place is that bad. Additionally, I'm very concerned about a company that has a 50% attrition rate and doesn't change their ways or be open to possible alterations.
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Company portrayed itself as not caring about the potential employee. Big red flag.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Sales and Use Tax at Thomson Reuters
Posted Dec 16, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Jun 2011 in Atlanta, GA (took a day)
I interviewed with Jade Wade and the lady was sitting here there eating a breakfast burrito with a diet coke while conducting the interview, which I thought was disrespectful. She asked me all these questions which had no bearing or relevance to the position. She said she would follow up with me, which she never did. This company is not a good place to work for.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Marketing at Thomson Reuters
Posted Dec 12, 2011 — 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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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 in Singapore (Singapore) (took 6 weeks)
Initial interview with VP of business segment, and facilitated by Senior HR Manager. Second round with the Head of business segment for the Asia Pacific. Third, panel interview with country heads from India, China and Japan. Fourth round with Global Head of Marketing. Assessment on functional skills, management styles, strategy formulation, teamwork/rapport building with different stakeholders.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Business Analyst at Thomson Reuters
Posted Dec 5, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
As an ex-Thomson employee, I was referred to this position by a former colleague. After almost a week of playing phone tag with the HR person (who was in San Francisco), we finally scheduled a phone interview with the hiring manager in Boston. I am in NY. The interview lasted about 1/2 hour and went pretty well since I knew some of the same people she did.
About two weeks later, I received a typical automated form email thanking me for my interest but letting me know that they would not be pursuing me as a candidate. Even though they listed NY as a viable location for this role, I believe they really wanted somebody in Boston.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Management Development Program at Thomson Reuters
Posted Nov 21, 2011
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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 Dec 2009 (took a day)
Interviewed with 2 people. The first interviewer seemed more concerned with my GMAT score than my performance in Business School. The second interviewer seemed disinterested and that he was doing me a favor for being there. Was definitely checking off a list of something he had to do, instead of looking for and assessing talend.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Research Analyst at Thomson Reuters
Posted Nov 10, 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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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Washington, DC (took 5 weeks)
I applied online, the HR Rep contacted me asking when I could do an interview. They also noted that there is no relocation funds available. I did about 4 different phone interviews (Over the span of about a month) where they asked a lot of questions about past experiences, what I could bring to the TR team, and how I deal with clients. First was with the HR Rep, next was with the Hiring Manager, then the Hiring Manager again with her Boss, and finally I finished by interviewing with long time team member. Most of the questions were straight forward and fairly easy if you have your resume sitting in front of you (Tell me about a time where you had to deal with a difficult client, how did it go? Did you learn anything from it?). The HR Rep, Hiring Manager, and other staff members were extremely nice but the whole process took a very long time.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.
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