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Updated Jan 19, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Customer Service at Zipcar
Posted Jan 19, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took a day)
I was invited to attend the Open House they were having at their corporate offices in Cambridge. I was immediately impressed with the set up, catering, very helpful staff. I was interviewed by several staff members, all very laid back and extremely nice and very professional. My first impression with the interview process was that they're really looking to see if you fit in with the Zipcar corporate culture, they seem to have a very talented group of hard workers that not only work hard but they also play hard. I was asked some very basic interview questions about my past jobs, what I can bring to Zipcar, one interviewer really emphasized questions on what I do outside of work, probably seeing if I was someone that would participate with any work outings etc. It's been a few days and I have yet to receive a call, but judging on how many people interviewed for the limited positions being offered, its to be expected.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Operations at Zipcar
Posted Sep 3, 2011
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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 Jul 2011 in New York, NY (took 1 week)
Phone interview with recruiter on phone, very nice a few behaviorial questions on phone interview only and she dug in about passed experience. Second interview did not consist of any behaviorial questions. General Manager did not take any notes during interview process. Asked basic "tell me about your past experience" "What did you do at these positons and why or so do you want to join Zipcar". It was clear that General Manager was not experienced interviewing and he did not ask the right questions to dig out any core competencies I may have had that would detemine if I was qualified for the job. Interviewer spent more time speaking of the future plans of Zipcar and explaining what was their major issues with operations. Perception of GM was a nice guy but he was not a thorough interviewer. Third interview was with a VP, no behaviorial questions. Both interviewers did not take notes, so I am wondering how did they collaborate to determine if my expertise, talents and experiences would benefit Zipcar. It is clear that Zipcar needs a Human Resource consultant from the outside. They will never be able to recruit great talent with their interview system. It was almost like interviewing with a neighborhood real estate agency when I was 18 years old. Very easy interview, but the interviewers seemed more focused on trying to make an assumption if you would make a good fit with their culture just by looking at you and hearing you speak and not by organized and structured behaviorial interview questions. Employees were laid back but they did not smile or say hello, they just look at you like you are crazy. Reception employees were poor, they did not smile with customers and showed frustration to a customer that was asking too many questions.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing Manager at Zipcar
Posted Jul 7, 2011 — 1 of 1 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 Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 4 days)
Very competitive-- lots of over-qualified candidates, tough questions on a wide range of topics. Passionate, dynamic people, HAVE to have a roll up your sleeves attitude. Very entrepreneurial.
Interviews consisted of 3 phone interviews, 1 one-on-one with hiring manager, followed by a half-day of in-person interviews with 5 different people.
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Reason for Declining
Low salary, extremely flat organization, little opportunity for growth
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Project Manager at Zipcar
Posted Jan 12, 2011 — 0 of 2 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 (took 1 week)
Phone interview, then one on one interviews with 3 people that would be interfacing with this position.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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