First-Year AmeriCorps Member applicants have rated the interview process at City Year with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for First-Year AmeriCorps Member roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at City Year overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at City Year as a First-Year AmeriCorps Member according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 17%
Personality test: 8%
One on one interview: 8%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at City Year in Mar 2019
Interview
The interview felt very comfortable and conversational. Mine took place over the phone and equally balanced questions about myself and information about City Year. There was a focus on work with students/young people, educational equity, and social justice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experience do you have teaching or mentoring young people/students?
Like 15 questions about who you are and what makes you interested in working on a team and tutoring kids.mostly need to know why you want to do this work
The interviewer was easy to talk to and they have me detailed explanation about the position while giving an idea of what the position entailed. They answered any question I had about the position and were very respectful.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at City Year (Washington, DC) in Jan 2021
Interview
Very fair and friendly interview process! Really personable. You can tell they care about the character of potential new hires. Would recommend anyone I know to apply and work for them!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time that you dealt with adversity and how you overcame the challenge?