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- 6%In PersonIn Person
- 1%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
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- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Smithsonian as 75.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.51 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Public Affairs Specialist and Editorial Assistant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate and Contractor roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Smithsonian takes an average of 39 days when considering 117 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Sergeant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Museum Technician roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Smithsonian according to 117 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Background check: 19%
One on one interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 14%
Skills test: 8%
Drug test: 6%
Presentation: 5%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Intern(56) ;
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- Retail Sales Associate(9) ;
- Sales Associate(9) ;
- Contractor(8) ;
- Postdoctoral Fellow(8) ;
- Research Assistant(8) ;
- Museum Specialist(7) ;
- Program Coordinator(7) ;
- Security Officer(7) ;
- Archivist(6) ;
- Curator(6) ;
- Education Specialist(6) ;
- Program Assistant(6) .
