I applied online. I interviewed at Marcaria.com (Santiago) in Jan 2018
Interview
Long process with psychological tests and Spanish assessment. Takes about 2 months before getting an offer. They ask for alot of university documents like title and grades. They also ask for references
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Marcaria.com (Santiago) in Apr 2019
Interview
There were 3 interviews in total.
The first interview the woman was absolutely lovely and asks very standard interview questions. "What are your biggest strengths and weaknesses?" "How long will you be in Chile?" "Long term career goals?" There is also a very basic excel test, language test (you will be asked to translate an email), and some other quick skills tests (the ones that require some light math and quick thinking). The interview was approx. 60% in English and 40% in Spanish. (The role requires native English and intermediate Spanish)
The 2nd interview was entirely in Spanish. The woman was also very lovely! She asked about my experience, reasoning for living in Chile, and future plans. Additionally, she asked questions about specific examples of experiences in past work such as "Tell me about a time where you had to do something/ project that was completely out of your line of work or knowledge. How did you accomplish it?" "How do you manage stress?" "What are some of the biggest challenges you have dealt with in past jobs?" "Why do you want to work here?"
The 3rd interview was also in Spanish. The interview was with a man this time. It was one of the most uncomfortable experiences of my life. It felt as though this person had never conducted an interview before and was just thrown my resume and thought he'd have a go at it. He starts it off with "You have any questions?". Do I have questions now? At the start of the interview? It was so bizarre. I asked, "about the company or the position?" He replies with, "yeah, whichever". I started to think (of course I have questions but was waiting to ask them until the end of the interview like normal), he quickly interjects and says "no importa" and we begin the "interview". He tells me he hasn't looked at my resume so we'll just walk through it together. He sees my university and asks what state is that in because he didn't recognize it. He then proceeds to get his phone and look it up on Google maps (very weird). We continue, he starts going through the dates of my work experience and asking weird questions in between like "Where were you born?". I lived abroad after high school for a year before beginning university. He asked what age I was and what I did during that year. I tell him and he goes "why didn't you put that on your resume?" I'm thinking, what?? Why didn't I put bartending horse racing events when I was 19 on my resume? Like wtf? He was also writing down those meaningless details (19 lived in ___, born in ___). After 40 minutes like that, it was over. He never asked me concrete details on my real work experience or gave me the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the interview. He also made very strange and constant eye contact through the entire process. It was terrible and I did not get the job, which was a shame because I know I did really well with the first 2 rounds which were much more aligned to what interviews normally are and should be.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are your skills/weaknesses? Why the position? What do you know about the company? Why are you in Chile? 5-year plan? Lots of tell me about a time questions. Tell me about a time you had to complete an assignment you had no knowledge or background in. Tell me about a time where you missed a deadline or were unable to meet that deadline. How do you organize your work? What are your biggest stressors?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Marcaria.com (Santiago) in Jan 2016
Interview
You have different interviews with human resources and managers. Each interview is done in different days.
Language tests are also done, since it is very important to be fluent in English and Spanish (at least). Other languages are desirable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the interview they ask you about your strengths and weaknesses. Other type of questions are involved with your previous experiences in other companies and in College.