I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Groupon (Milan) in Apr 2012
Interview
About a week after my online application, I received a call from an HR manager who asked me some basic questions about my past work experience and about my interest in Groupon. Basically, I walked her through my resume highlighting relevant skills and was asked questions like "what do you think you will be doing in this role?" "tell me about the practical things you will do in this position" and so on.
At the end of the interview (about 10-15 minutes) the HR employee immediately set up an appointment for an interview to be held the next week.
The interview was 1:1 and quite easy, it lasted about 20 minutes. I was interviewed by a regional manager and was asked a few generic competency questions, a couple of questions about the company and the role and some motivational questions.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Groupon in Jun 2016
Interview
I applied via LinkedIn after seeing the job posting and was quickly contacted by a recruiter for a phone interview. I was moved along in the process and had a phone interview with the Regional Sales Manager, who I would be directly reporting to. He told me he was interviewing ten people for the role, and would push his top two forward to speak to his boss, his boss's counterpart on the east coast, and then his boss's boss, the Vice President of the division. I happened to be one of the top two and was moved forward for three back to back phone interviews with the aforementioned people.
I thought it went well and I built great rapport with all three. Much to my surprise, the recruiter who was guiding the interview process along went radio silent on me in regard to the next steps. When I contacted her, she said they were revamping the training and had put a hiring freeze on the role. She let me know I was still being considered and she'd be in touch in the next thirty days. I've heard nothing and it's been nearly sixty.
Bottom line: Whether Groupon went in a different direction with another candidate, or eliminated the role entirely, that's completely fine - I would've simply expected the professional courtesy of an email back.
I spent over a month in five different interviews with them and I found it disrespectful of my time and energy that they didn't get back to me. So if you're reading this, Groupon, I'm no longer interested.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Groupon (Cincinnati, OH)
Interview
he asked me to sell him a pen. I asked questions about him to try to find out why a pen would be valuable and then sold the pen that way. They are looking for a consultive sales person. I then followed up the next day to say - if you are reading this perhaps you are still contemplating on whether or not to buy the pen...and proceeded to try to tip the scales. It was my thank you for the interview letter. It worked.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Groupon in Sep 2015
Interview
First screen by recruiter. Next the direct manager in your area. Next a team of 4 national executives. All for 30 minutes or more. A total of six phone interviews. Every single person in this process missed their appointment time, was late, or rescheduled last minute. Only two of the executives bothered to apologize for wasting so much time that I took to dedicate to these lengthy phone interviews. They are looking for entry level executives. People with more experience expect results from the entire company (sales fulfillment and management). Their base salary in Silicon Valley is 45k. That is not anywhere close to the base that other SMB Account Executives make here in the valley. They promised word back after the final interview by Monday. Monday came and went...Tuesday.....Wednesday morning.... Not surprising that they didn't deliver on the most basic courtesy as they had already done so more than seven times. This process was absolutely awful. I was not selected for the role. I don't know why. The Direct Manager for the role said my interview and sales pitch was the best he had ever heard. Good luck. I read other reviews from current employees and there will be issues with management and commissions. Sounds like a huge headache. Not being chosen may be a blessing in disguise. Not worth the nearly 7 hours of phone calls and emails as part of this process.
