The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Expedia Group (Springfield, MO) in Mar 2017
Interview
Communication from the HR department was great both verbal and written. Plenty of communication prepping for the interview. The company's recruiter was very helpful answering general questions about the company. Follow up from the recruiter afterward was also splendid.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Much of the interview was spent on my management philosophy on management with some on technical skills within accounting.
The interview process included a great deal of detail on the company.
The interview process took about two hours in total.
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Expedia Group in Mar 2017
Interview
Applied in mid-October, application ignored. Saw the same role relisted in December and re-applied. Received a generic decline email, despite my CV being almost a word-for-word match to the job spec. Sent an email to two senior members of the recruitment team asking for feedback, both of which were totally ignored.
Saw the same role relisted again in February and sent another message to the (new) listed job poster. Received a reply a month later and subsequently set up an interview with the in-house recruiter, which led to a second interview with the hiring manager two weeks later. During the interview, I was told that Expedia "hires for capability" and "hires for pace" - I resisted the urge to tell him that I had applied to the role 5 months ago and followed up three times before my application was picked up.
I was told I would receive feedback by the end of the week. After chasing once the end of the week had passed, I received an email telling me that they were looking for someone whose experience matched the requirement exactly and I had not managed a big enough team - so much for hiring "for capability"....
All in all, a pretty pathetic experience. I literally had to chase these people every step of the way and it still took five months to read a CV and conduct two interviews. I currently manage a recruitment team which turns applications around in an average of five weeks, and yet I'm told I'm not qualified to run this joke of an operation?!? It's hardly a surprise that this role has now been open for six months.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Can you give me an example of a time when you've used data to influence a decision?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Expedia Group (Bellevue, WA)
Interview
HR Screen call. 30 minute Phone interview. 6 Person in-person interview loop in Bellevue.
6 Hour Process. Two 15 minute breaks, separated by 3 hours.
"Lunch" is provided. You request what you want when confirming your interview time slot.
For me, my lunch didn't show up. So about 12-1PM someone came in and said oh sorry your lunch never came, do you want to order something else. So after eating breaking at 8:30, I wasn't able to each lunch until 2:30 PM and had 10 minutes to do so while overlapping into an interview.
Really messes with your thought process and ability to perform when you are starving throughout half the interview.
At the end I was told that they were going to interview some strong internal candidates from other teams. Eventually I got a call 2 weeks later saying they 'loved' me, but they went with an internal candidate.
Please be upfront about 'strong internal candidates.' It seems very unprofessional to drop that as I walk out the door from a 6 person - 6 hour interview loop.