I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Expedia Group
Interview
Submitted a resume online. Got a response back from a recruiter a couple of weeks later. Scheduled a phone call - recruiter never called. Gave them another shot when the recruiter reached out to me almost 2 weeks after that - recruiter was more than 30 minutes late calling. If not for the fact the company was so short a commute, I would have ended it there. I probably should have.
I come in for a face-to-face. I meet the manager, he seems OK. We have a good conversation. At this stage, I'm scheduled for lunch, which they said they would cater for me. I sit in that interview room for almost 40 minutes, no food. Someone comes in and asks me if I'm done eating, to which I mention I Haven't even seen a mint yet. They say they'll go look. I never see them again.
I have a technical interview with one of the senior engineers. Well, sort of. It was more a game of stump the chump where he basically asked a bunch of theorycraft questions that one will never encounter in the real world and seemed to exist solely to help him validate his own skillset. I'm annoyed, but do a good job of masking it and power through it. My 3rd interviewer never even showed up. The 4th interviewer (a people manager of some sort who wasn't even with the networking group) and I had a good conversation, but I get the distinct impression that she was just randomly sent in to talk to me for an hour, because she had no real data on the job I was in there for.
I leave and resolve to turn down any offer that comes in, if any. Radio silence. Then, 2 weeks later, I get this automated survey asking me how my interview process went (keep in mind I never received any sort of follow up one way or another). It was more than a little bit of a joke, this whole process.
Talking with other network specialists in my area, the consensus seems to be that Expedia loves to interview people for roles they're never actually going to fill, roles they're going to move to another part of the country/world where the pay is cheaper, or roles that they are going to pull. They have no respect for a candidate's time, so you should not give them yours.
As for me? I interviewed with 7 companies over 2 weeks, and received 5 offers. So pretty sure it wasn't me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The network guy asked a lot of questions about multicasting.
Thank you for your thoughtful and detailed review about your recent experience interviewing at Expedia. We’re sorry that you had such a bad interview experience, and we will pass on this information to our Talent Acquisition team. We’re not going to make any excuses - not calling candidates, being late for phone interviews and not providing lunch aren’t acceptable, and we are sorry for this. We appreciate that you have brought this to our attention and we will do what we can to fix problems on our end. However, it sounds like your job search was a success – five offers is impressive! We hope you are enjoying your new role.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Expedia Group (Springfield, MO) in Feb 2014
Interview
The interview process was fairly easy. Completed an online application through indeed.com. A few (2-3) days after I completed the application I was contacted by a recruiter to have an in person interview. The interview was extremely easy with typical questions and asked about my own travel experiences. They have you get on one of their computers and ask you several questions and have you find/research them. Bottom line what they are looking for during this part of the interview is your ability to use Google and doing so in a timely, efficient manner.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you traveled anywhere throughout the state or abroad?
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Expedia Group (Bellevue, WA)
Interview
45-minute phone interview with content team manager, followed by 1-hour interview on-site with content team manager and another content editor. The interview was very personable and seemed to be more about finding out about my personality and whether I could handle the type of work and volume of the work than finding out about my experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle it if you were on the phone with someone who spoke English as a second language and you couldn't understand them very well?