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Updated Jan 27, 2023
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at HBO
Very friendly and straigtforward interview. I communicated with one team member who I would have been working with directly after having been connected through a recruiter. For a high stakes company and role I was made to feel comfortable.
- Discuss past roles, experience in the field, etc
Anonymous Interview Candidate in New York, NY
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at HBO (New York, NY)
Phone interview with recruiter. Online preliminary video interview (just responding to questions, no interviewer). Meet with HR in person. Meet with would-be supervisor in person. Meet with would be team in person. Got an automated rejection email weeks later. Overall the entire process took almost 8 weeks from start to finish.
- It was the standard questions - nothing out of the box.
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at HBO
It was very easy and felt like a conversation. The usual general questions about your background, interest, etc... it really felt casual and was more like a conversation than an interview.
- Why are you interested in working for HBO?
Anonymous Employee
I applied online. I interviewed at HBO in Jun 2022
First you have to apply and then you get an invitation to do a digital interview which I thought was very weird but I guess this is the future now
- Why do you want to work here
Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at HBO
Pretty standard as your top FAANG companies. phone screen and four rounds. Recruiter was very transparent all the way around. Wasn't that difficult too. I would recommend just practicing leetcode tagged questions
- nda so will respect it
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at HBO in Apr 2022
I applied for the internship program online and received an hireview interview request after around 2 months. The process was pretty smooth and the interview questions weren’t hard. However I did not get to the next round.
- Why would you like to intern at HBO
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at HBO
I and prepare for this role and I find myself not prepared well. So I need more information about how to deal with the interview on Hirevue. Maybe some sample questions are helpful.
- Why are you interested in our company?
Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at HBO
1st round phone call 2nd round video call with my direct team heard back the next day with the offer and started a month later, recruiter made the entire process seamless
- Fav HBO show? Tell me about your experience?
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at HBO
1 Workhue recorded interview with 7 questions, followed by an in person interview. Process took about 2 weeks. Interviewers were super nice, and during the recorded interview you get 2 chances if you mess up.
- What show are you currently watching
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at HBO
I was reached out to by a recruiter, and they set up a phone screen for me with one of the devs on the team. The phone screen was a technical question over hacker rank.
- The interview, asked me to create a binary tree and return a node's sibling. They kept changing the requirements, and it was 27 minutes in before we even defined what the problem was. Super negative experience. It seems they didn't have a question set for the interview, or had never given it before.
HBO Interviews FAQs
Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at HBO as 56.0% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.80 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Internship and Executive Assistant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Engineer and Intern roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at HBO takes an average of 29 days when considering 195 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Executive Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 16 days), whereas Director roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 71 days).
Common stages of the interview process at HBO according to 195 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on One Interview: 30.94%
Phone Interview: 30.00%
Group Panel Interview: 8.44%
Presentation: 7.81%
Drug Test: 6.88%
Skills Test: 4.06%
Background Check: 4.06%
Other: 3.75%
IQ Intelligence Test: 2.50%
Personality Test: 1.56%
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