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Updated Jul 10, 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 15%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 10%RecruiterRecruiter
- 8%OtherOther
- 5%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 5%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
45 interviews
USA TODAY interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at USA TODAY as 63.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.77 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Internship and Marketing rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Engineer and Art Director roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at USA TODAY takes an average of 23 days when considering 44 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 Graphic Designer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Account Executive roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at USA TODAY according to 44 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 12%
Background check: 12%
Drug test: 12%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Reporter(15) ;
- Account Manager(8) ;
- Intern(8) ;
- Account Executive(6) ;
- Journalist(6) ;
- District Sales Manager(5) ;
- Editor(5) ;
- Marketing Specialist(4) ;
- Project Manager(4) ;
- Director(3) ;
- Graphic Designer(3) ;
- Marketing(3) ;
- Marketing Coordinator(3) ;
- Sales Executive(3) ;
- Senior Account Executive(3) .
