I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Criteo (Barcelona)
Interview
Applied online and got an email back a couple of days later to schedule a telephone interview. The initial phone interview was done on Skype and lasted about 45 minutes. It was pretty basic stuff, questions about my resume and knowledge of Criteo (business model, services etc). The girl that interviewed me was very friendly and easy to chat with. She wanted to know why I wanted the role and what my salary expectation was. (later in the process she explained that the salary was in the range of 32k to 35k with 65% of this being base salary and the remainder being commission).
A few days later I got an email informing me I was into round two which was an online test. Someone has posted every question here on glassdoor from this stage. If you google search you can find them. My questions were more or less identical with some of the figures changed. I thought it was a bizarre test for a sales role. First couple of questions are pretty easy with some of the later ones being tricky. The recruiter sent me a list of terms to familiarise myself with. I googled them all and found the formulas to answer any questions.
About a week later I got another email telling me I was into round three. This was a conference call with a sales manger in the UK and also one in Barcelona. One of them said virtually nothing throughout the whole interview while the other did all the talking. The lady doing the talking was extremely cold. I've plenty of experience doing interviews and I found her to be one of the worst interviewers I've ever encountered. She was asking questions which I'd answer and then not interacting at all with me. She'd go silent for 5-10 seconds and then ask another question without any follow up questions. One example was she said give me a brief overview of what we do here at Criteo. I gave here what I would consider a brief overview of what the do, queue a 10 second pause and she moves onto something else. That was the only question she asked me about the firm in the entire interview. I actually knew the company inside out having researched it for days but I didn't get a chance to show it.
During the third call they explained that commission is paid on the gain in profits by the firms using the Criteo system, versus their old way of doing things. This means you could be opening account after account but getting no commission. The also said many firms agree to use the Criteo system but never implement it, again meaning you could open accounts but get no commission. I was starting to have doubts about the role the entire way through the third interview.
All in all I felt the third interview went poorly. I had no connection with the interviewer and probably didn't answer some questions as well as I could have. A few days later I got an email saying that I was going forward in the process due to my lack of knowledge of Criteo and their services. I actually laughed when I read it because I was only asked a solitary question during the third interview about the firm.
Anyway onwards and upwards. I hope my experience helps someone else prepare for their interview. Good luck and happy hunting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Initial interview was basic things about my cv, Criteo and why I wanted the job. Second round was a maths test. Third round was similar to the first. 4th round is a presentation.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Criteo in Jul 2015
Interview
I had an interview for a sales position. I reached the third stage out of 4. Firstly it was a call with recruiter with questions like why do you want this role, what kind of experience you have, why did you leave your previous job - regular stuff. Then you get the analytical test - which is pretty difficult if you don´t know all the CPC, CPM, CR and other online web analytics - it´s 10 questions in 20 minutes - so you have to be sharp. If you get the minimum score, you are up for the third round - which is with sales people from the team, they mainly ask about your sales experience, Criteo knowledge - so it is useful to check their website, familiarize yourself with the software cause you will have to sell yourself and the knowledge you have :)
However, I did not like the promise of the position - sales people mentioned that you kind of have to be a machine - contacting and cold calling a lot of prospects.
Otherwise it took quite a lot of time in between interviews, the process could be a bit more smooth and fast, considering that sometimes it was 1,5 weeks, sometimes 2 when I hear back from HR.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Criteo (Barcelona) in May 2015
Interview
I applied through Linkedin and was contacted by a recruiter despite not having any online marketing experience. 2nd step was around 10 question to be calculated in 20 mins. After passing that I continued to a phone interview with the hiring manager and after that I didn't continue to the final step due to lack on experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
With a budget of $2000 and a CPC (Cost per click) = $0.4, how many clicks an advertiser can buy (integer without unit)?