I interviewed at CALPIRG (Santa Barbara, CA) in Feb 2012
Interview
Worked as a field manager in a citizen outreach and fundraising office for CALPIRG's sister non-profit, The Fund for the Public Interest, the summer before jr. yr. of college at UCSB and was offered the position of Canvass Director when I graduated. Declined, was recommended to the PIRGs to look into campus organizing, set up an informal first round, was recommended, had skype second round, received a call in 2 weeks with an offer without a specific location, said I would consider it based on location, was offered UCSC a week later and accepted.
Average interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at CALPIRG (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
1st round interview with a campus organizer for my UC, then 2nd round interview with someone with the local office, then 3rd round interview with the state director at that same office. Was able to do in person interviews for first and third round and over the phone for second round. About 2 weeks between each interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for CALPIRG? How would you register 100 people in a 24 hour period? What is your past experience with political organization?
I applied in-person. I interviewed at CALPIRG (Los Angeles, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
Two rounds of interviewing; first interview was with a campus organizer, VERY casual. Second round (if you get invited) takes place at one of their main offices. Two one on one interviews with two staff members, then group (1-3 other people) case interview. Case interview poses a campaign scenarion that they want you to work through. Second round interview typically takes 3 hrs.
