I applied through other source. I interviewed at TransPerfect (New York, NY) in May 2012
Interview
I was contacted for an interview via email. The interviewer was extremely straight-forward about the questions. No small talk here. I led him through my resumé, and got questions like: on a scale from 1-10, how competitive are you? / can you name 3 instances in which being competitive served to your advantage / what are you strengths and weaknesses? / why do you want to work at Transperfect and how did you hear about . There weren't any huge curveballs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Name three instances in your life when being competitive was an advantage?"
very long, 5+interviews, and then they don't get back to you soon enough. HR tells you what you want to hear then they don't follow through on the benefits mentioned.
Very lenghty process with several follow ups with no response. Turnover is I understand very high. Could be a good stepping stone as a junior but that is all. Team seem alright.
I did lots of interviews, got great feedback on each one. After the final one I was ghosted for weeks without a response. I reached out and they eventually replied and lowballed me with an insulting offer, much lower than normal for the role. I will never apply to work for them again. I think they were holding out to get someone cheaper.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a lot of textbook scenario questions, how would you handle this situtation etc.
