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Updated Apr 16, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Vice President at Weber Shandwick
Posted Jul 31, 2010 — 0 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 Dec 2009 (took 2 days)
The HR recruiter was snarky and somewhat condescending. Those I spoke with seemed incapable of understanding/comprehending my experience as both a business professional and communcations professional. The people doing the hiring at agencies are either too young of have no experience in the field. I had the best interview with the New York office--but the recruiter had a Ph.D in organizational psych and totally saw my value as a strategic hire. I'm convinced that most agencies are full of hacks.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Vice President of Corporate Communications at Weber Shandwick
Posted Jul 7, 2010
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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 May 2010 in New York, NY (took 1+ week)
Internal recruiter reached out with the opportunity. I had a 20 minute conversation with the EVP of North American communciations. This was followed abut 3 days later by a 1:1 interview with 2 VP's and a director. I came in for a second interview the following week and met with some of the account team members. About a week later I was told the position was on hold, pending a new client starting. Overall pretty easy process, not a lot in the way of techinical questions - mostly about relationships, management style, etc.
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Account Director at Weber Shandwick
Posted Apr 12, 2010
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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 Feb 2008 in Los Angeles, CA (took a day)
Interviewed for an interactive Account Director position at a multicultural arm of WS. Had to wait a long time for the in-person interview. Creative Director interviewed me -- really nice guy. Office was in a great location -- Pacific Design Center. Job description was vague and they were looking for someone more junior for the position. No harm, no foul.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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No Position In Particular at Weber Shandwick
Posted Apr 6, 2010
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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 Jan 2010 in Chicago, IL (took a day)
The interview was set up by the HR person, who was out of the office when I interviewed. My gut told me it was going to be a bad interview because when I called the office to inquiry about the best place to park downtown, the receptionist rudely said she had no idea, but to just figure it out.
When I arrived at their building in the West Loop, the security guard was great. He was the best thing about the interview. Once I went to their actual office, I waited for about 30 minutes. When the first interviewer showed up, she had a bad attitude because someone usually "brings candidates to me." Once we reached her office, she made me feel as if I were wasting my time. She let me know that she hadn't looked at my resume and to to tell her something about me. About 10 minutes into my monologue (she wasn't asking questions), she told me that my time was up and I needed to move on to the next person.
The next person was no better. She looked at my resume about 5 minutes before I walked into her office. Once she saw that I previously worked at one of her current accounts, she started asking me lots of questions about the people and culture of the company. When I wouldn't share that information, she told me that I wasn't being a team player. After our conversation, she walked to end of the hall and said it was nice meeting you.
It was a terrible experience. I didn't bother sending a thank you note because there was nothing noteworthy to thank. And, they didn't bother to acknowledge that I showed up.
After that experience (and a previous experience when I considered hiring this office for a PR project about a year ago that went terribly wrong), I've concluded that while they could be smart people, their arrogance and lack of business acumen preceded any knowledge they have. I think the culture is unprofessional and one of trying to one-up one another just to make a point.
I would not recommend them as a place to seek employment. They lack professionalism.
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Media Executive at Weber Shandwick
Posted Feb 28, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
The selection process consisted in two interviews. I was called on Friday and had the first one the next Monday. It wasn't too long (less than an hour) and was asked the standards questions. Besides, I had to answer an skills test during and hour and a half (traslation, writing a press release and designing a communication plan).
Two days after I received a second call anouncing the next interview. I was supposed to have it two weeks after but it was finally hold three weeks after. This second interviewer was done by the Spanish CEO. He arrived 30 minutes in delay and didn't even know he had that interview. My impression is that he read my resumé on his way to the office. It wasn't too long either (less than 30 minutes).
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Account Executive at Weber Shandwick
Posted Aug 3, 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 Jan 2009 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 4+ weeks)
I was offered and interview and went in to meet the person hiring. I was intially asked about my work experience, education, the press I read and if I used social media. Was also asked why I thought I was suitable for the job and what made me the best candidate. I then had a secon interview which was very similar before being made an offer.
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Intern at Weber Shandwick
Posted Aug 4, 2009
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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 Nov 2008 in Seattle, WA (took 2 weeks)
Applied online; had initial phone interview with HR Director; then had phone interview with intern committee at the office; then had a 5 hour interview with about 10 different people in the office; received phone call a week later with job offer
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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