Bazaarvoice Interview Questions

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice (Austin, TX).

Interview

The interview process started with a scheduled phone interview with a Management team member in your department. The 2nd part was back-to-back interviews with 4 team members, including your prospective manager. The final/3rd part was a presentation relevant to your role. Overall I thought it was a great & challenging process and really helped me make the decision to work with a great team/company.

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Application

I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice (Austin, TX).

Interview

The interview is a four step process. You start with a quick phone interview with a recruiter, followed by a phone interview with the person that would be your manager. Next is an on-site interview where you have one-on-one interviews with multiple people from the department you are interviewing in. The final step is a presentation round with the team you had the one-on-one interviews with.

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Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2+ weeks. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice (Austin, TX) in August 2016.

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I was contacted by someone within Bazaarvoice Recruiting. They had me take a test to see if I knew basic coding information and would fit well for the Implementation Engineer position. Afterwards, the recruiter set me up on a call with a Senior Implementation Engineer. After that call, I was called in for an in person with three implementation engineers where they each interviewed me. Was given an offer within a week of the interviews.

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Application

I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice (Austin, TX) in August 2016.

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The process took far too long and not sure why they were interviewing. It seemed they had already hired for the position. I was given the run around by this company for months. I was initially very interested, but I'm not sure a position ever really existed after the first one was filled. During the second time I was invited onsite - one of the interviewers made it pretty well known that I wasn't even her choice to come back onsite. This would have been my direct supervisor, so pretty sure I dodged a bullet. I took 2 days off from work for this charade and walked away from the whole experience pretty annoyed that I spent so much time preparing a presentation and learning about the company without any REAL feedback on why I was not selected.

The recruiter was very professional, but again with no real feedback and so much time invested - wish I would have steered clear of Bazaarvoice.

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Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice (Austin, TX) in July 2016.

Interview

I applied for this role in May of 2016, and while it took them a little over a month to respond, the interview process went quickly from there.

The first round was a 30 minute phone screen with a recruiter. He was really nice, helpful, and easy to talk to. Definitely made me more interested in Bazaarvoice as a company after speaking with him.

Next step was a technical challenge that the recruiter emails you. You have about 80 minutes to complete the challenge, and it consists primarily of CSS, HTML, JQuery, and role-play client communications.

After this, I had one more 30 minute phone screen, this time with a senior manager of the team. She was really open and I enjoyed speaking with her.

Finally, there's an interview in the office. I was greeted with a tour of the office an interviewee goodie bag, which was really awesome! I then spoke with the recruiter for about 20 minutes, then had a series of 3 30-minute interviews. One was with a Senior Implementation engineer, one was with a manager, and one was with the man who would be my manager. These seemed to focus on my problem-solving skills, my communication skills, and cultural fit.

I felt comfortable asking questions throughout the entire process and felt that I was treated with respect the entire time. I felt that this was a really transparent and positive interview experience!

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Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice (Austin, TX) in June 2016.

Interview

Applied online, received an email to set up a phone call about a week after I applied.

First phone call was with the recruiter, very simple, was mainly to screen me. She set up a second phone call with someone else.

About a week later, I had the call with the second person. Lasted about 30 minutes, pretty basic stuff like going over my resume, why I want to work at BazzarVoice etc. He was super cool and it was an easy and relaxed interview.

Few days later I get an email to come to their HQ for a 3 hour interview with multiple people. They email me a schedule and I meet with 3 people, for about an hour each.

I get to BazzarVoice, have a quick tour and I get lead to a small interview room. The room had a schedule with my name on it, a water bottle and a goodie bag with a Starbucks gift card and some BZ swag. Super cool, I've never had a company do this before, so I was pumped.

First interviewer comes in, smiling and super chill. So far so good. She and asks me why I think I'd be good at sales, and the interview immediately goes down hill from there. As I'm talking about why I think I'd be good at it, she interrupts me and states in a very aggressive and condescending tone "That's not what we're looking for, what you're describing is customer service, not sales......do you understand?" This completely threw me off. A. Because she didn't let me finish, and B. because I did not expect her to shut me down like that within the first 2 minutes of the interview. After that, her demeanor completely changed as if she just wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible. She would look at me with a blank stare, ask me a question, look at her laptop and type. That's it. This lasted for 30-45 minutes until it was time for the next interviewer.

Next person came in, who was the second person I spoke to on the phone prior. We had some small talk and got right into the interview. He was much more relaxed and made me feel more welcomed. He asked me to sell him a few items that he randomly pointed at in the room, which I did, then he coached me on how to improve. This portion lasted about 30 minutes.

Afterwords, the two girls who work in the position I was applying for came in. They were super cool and easy to talk to. We talked about my past sales experience, what the job entailed, and what it was like. As they left they both said they think i'd be great at it.

Final person to come was in the marketing department. This lady was awesome. Super bubbly and fun to talk to. We talked about Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley. I wish she had came in first to put me up on a high note and she would have made me felt more relaxed starting out.

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Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice (Austin, TX).

Interview

Interviews consisted of two phone interviews and then an in-person rotating interview that lasted nearly 4 hours. The in-person started and ended with 1-on-1 with the recruiter. The second round was with three people working at the same level as the position I was interviewing for. Third round was with prospective manager and fourth round was with someone who had been at the company for quite some time. A fifth round was scheduled but canceled once on site due to some scheduling issues. There is another round after all of this for a presentation either in person or via phone.

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Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 3+ months. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice.

Interview

I applied via my university's career site as well as on the BV website. I heard back quite a bit after I had originally applied, but once the interview process had started, it went by significantly faster. Everyone was super kind and willing to work around my schedule.

The questions were pretty standard - mostly just to get to know you better, understand you experiences, and your internship goals.

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Application

I applied online. The process took a week. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice in January 2016.

Interview

The interview process was pretty straightforward. I applied for a marketing position through their careers website and was contacted by a recruiter within a week or so. I spoke with the recruiter on the phone, who asked very straightforward questions about my experience. I scheduled to speak with the hiring manager later that week. Those questions were more specific (about my experience with specific skills required for the position). The interviewer was frank and said that they were looking for someone with more experience. I received a follow-up email from the recruiter the next day.

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Application

I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice.

Interview

Phone interview followed by a phone tech interview. Phone interview was your standard 30-min "tell me about yourself" style of questions with a recruiter. Tech interview was over the phone with a Senior Software Engineer and also wasn't too bad. I wasn't having a bad day and missed a fairly easy question, but if you're relaxed and composed you should be able to do just fine. They had said that there's an in-person interview after the phone tech screen but I didn't get that far.

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