I interviewed at Penguin Random House (New York, NY) in Apr 2017
Interview
I was called by a recruiter for a phone interview with no warning. It was the middle of the work day for me so I had to rush out of my office to take the call and was caught completely off guard. Then later there was an in-person interview with the recruiter and an interview with the hiring manager. Then another interview with a more senior person and then I was asked to come in again for another round of interviews - it would have been the fifth interview- but I took myself out of the running. The whole hiring process had a lot of steps and seemed very corporate and formal.
HR - please don't call without warning! It was very difficult for me to manage all the spontanous calls from HR with my full time job.
I interviewed at Penguin Random House (New York, NY)
Interview
Very friendly and I was given in house support beforehand to prepare from HR. I met with two members of the team separately and both felt like informal chats, I felt at ease.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Penguin Random House (Londen, Engeland) in May 2023
Interview
You have to go through several processes, the first with questions on a form that from there they select you or not, then do a series of spelling and reading comprehension exercises, do a virtual assessment recording yourself on video and then do a series of online group exercises with other candidates with prior material, which you have to analyse and study in order to be able to do the group exercise.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would be the way to improve marketing in one of your brands?
First stage of interview process. Online interview - 5 basic personality and competency questions. Your answers are recorded via your webcam and sent to the hiring manager. Didn’t get the role but they gave me thorough feedback which was nice
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Tell us about a marketing campaign that impressed you in the last months.