Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Estée Lauder Companies with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Manager roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Estée Lauder Companies overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Estée Lauder Companies as a Manager according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 29%
Other: 13%
Group panel interview: 8%
Presentation: 4%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Background check: 4%
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I interviewed at Estée Lauder Companies (New York, NY)
Interview
There are multiple rounds of interviews. Interviewed by the people you will potentially parter with. The level of people who interview you will be higher and higher. First they will ask you to describe your role in your past job, then talk about your experience related with the job you are interviewing. With different interviewers, talk about yourself a bit and how you work with your parters in the similar roles before.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about yourself and what you did in your past jobs.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Estée Lauder Companies (New York, NY) in Feb 2025
Interview
Was okay, interviewer was nice but it felt rushed and that the hiring manager didn’t quite understand the job herself. So explaining my experience was difficult and I felt like I fell flat.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Estée Lauder Companies (New York, NY) in Nov 2024
Interview
I was reached by a in-house recruiter via Linkedin. The process was transparent and professional, took about 1.5 months to hear result. Email communication was the main channel. Positive feedbacks but did not not offered job