Public Relations Interview - Other
Anonymous employee in Evanston
Interviewed:
December
2016
Date Submitted:
Dec 28, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
I applied for the position online (I think through LinkedIn) and later received a call from the director of communications. We spoke briefly over the phone at that time, and then scheduled another 30-minute phone interview for later in the week. It was around late November/early December, so I think the process went a little more slowly than it normally would have due to the holidays. After my second phone interview, I was invited to come into the office for an in-person interview. I spoke with four different people: the talent acquisition specialist, a senior HR representative, the head of communications and the director of communications. After the interview, I was given an official offer, which I accepted, and I started at the firm in late January.
Interview Questions
The head of communications asked me a few standard questions, such as my goals for the future and where I planned to take my career as it progresses. He also asked me a few questions about how I would go about managing the company's rebranding efforts, how to manage a hedge fund's reputation online/in the media, what I thought about marketing for hedge funds, etc. Everything was highly specific to the firm itself or the job I would be doing. They also asked a few questions to judge my thinking abilities, such as "How would you determine the exact number of blue-eyed people living in New York City?" The toughest question for me to answer was about how I would manage a client like this if I were the owner of my own marketing firm.
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