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      Program Manager Interview

      Jan 3, 2017
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Washington, DC
      Declined offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at AARP (Washington, DC) in Dec 2013

      Interview

      initial email, telephone call, follow up telephone call, in person with upper mngmt (three). All were fairly laid back. Questions were predictable. HR was friendly. Nothing out of the ordinary.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      why this job?
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      Other Program Manager Interview Reviews for AARP

      Program Manager Interview

      Oct 19, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Washington, DC
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at AARP (Washington, DC) in Aug 2023

      Interview

      Kafka-esque, tortuously slow, and poorly planned/executed. I appreciate how transparent the org is with providing foresight into their interviewing process. However, I repeatedly had to harass HR to send meeting links or schedule interviews as promised. At times, HR had a terribly irksome habit of sending emails between midnight and 3AM, then responding to his own emails before 8AM. He also had an annoying habit of taking days to respond to routine requests. Even after I finished my third round interview with the VP, I had to harass HR multiple times over the course of 7 weeks to get status updates before ultimately being rejected. To be fair, HR did craft a personalized message to let me down gently, but I'm not sure that compensated me enough for the amount of time, flexibility and chasing around I had to do to essentially drive my own interview process. Fortunately, I dodged this bullet. My current employer has offered me a permanent role and has always made it apparent that they value their human capital as the crux of their operation. I was really, genuinely legitimately excited to work for such an amazing organization, but I just wish AARP was able to walk the same walk rather than just talking the talk like so many other non-profits in DC. Shameful.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Can you tell me why I thought it was appropriate to schedule this interview at 1:30AM this morning? What is your opinion of 3 day response times for emails? If you are summering in a time zone 12 hours ahead, and we try to schedule an interview for the same day, how pissed would you be?
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      Program Manager Interview

      Aug 23, 2017
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Washington, DC
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. I interviewed at AARP (Washington, DC) in Nov 2016

      Interview

      Mine was a one on one interview. Basic Standard questions but the behavioral questions are tough. You need to have answers prepped and rehearsed. Managers and above will most likely be a panel interview. HR hands them questions to ask.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time when you were at a meeting and you wish you would have spoken up and WHY?
      Answer question

      Question 2

      If you were a car, what kind of car would you be and why?
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