Mission: Since our inception in 1995, Apollo Interactive has grown exponentially due to the success of our clients. Our foundation was built by a team from different backgrounds, who came together to achieve superior results. Regardless of the size or scope of a project, we utilize our ... Read more
I have been working at Apollo Interactive full-time (More than a year)
Pros
- You are allowed to take initiative/give ideas to upper management, and encouraged to take on projects
- Great work/life balance, pretty laid back
- Nice coworkers
- Snacks always available
Cons
- Many people work on several projects at once and sometimes things take a while to take off.
Application
The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Apollo Interactive (Culver City, CA) in October 2010.
Interview
I got this interview through a technical recruiting company. The first interview consisted of me taking an hour long test that asked me various questions on PHP and SQL. I thought the test was fair. It asked about basic OOP concepts, wrote one SQL query using joins, group by, and having, and it also asked about cURL and web services. I was familiar with this stuff so I thought it was fair. The 2nd interview was also in person and asked about my interest in web technologies and asked a few technical questions. The guys seemed cool.
Interview Questions
Negotiation
I dont think i was able to negotiate. The offer was a 3 year structured plan with bonuses. Decent offer, and I accepted. However, the day before I was going to start, I got a call from my technical recruiter saying that Apollo Interactive could not hire me anymore because the company lost a contract. This was literally the day before, after I told the interviewers that i would need to give a 2 weeks notice to my current job. My technical recruiter told me to cancel any other interviews I had pending at the time I had accepted the job offer. Luckily I didn't listen to him completely and I still did one interview and got an offer. So for those of you going to interview at Apollo Interactive, make sure you have backup interviews planned, since I don't think the company is as stable as it seems. Apparently they only had enough work to hire me for one contract, which never came through, yet the position i was supposed to be hired for was a Full Time with benefits package. Not too good of planning on their part.
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