The 25 Toughest Companies for Interviews
AUGUST 9, 2013
ANDREA HUSPENI,
You’ve probably gotten the third degree in job interviews in the past, but here are some examples that make the third degree feel like a cake walk.
From interviews that last 55 days to fielding hardball questions like “How many people watched YouTube in your country in the last hour,” many of the nation’s top employers put interviewees through the wringer as a matter of policy, according to a survey called “Top 25 Most Difficult Companies to Interview.”
For the third year in a row, New York City-based consulting firm McKinsey & Company wins the dubious honor of toughest interviewer, followed by ThoughtWorks, which is also in New York. Rounding out third place is the Boston-based consulting firm Boston Consulting Group, says Glassdoor, the career-community website, which conducted the survey.
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To gauge the toughest interviewers, Glassdoor culled the 170,000 interview review submissions over the last 12 months. The ratings are based on five-point scale with one being very easy and five being very difficult.
One noted observation from Glassdoor: Difficult interviews don’t necessarily mean a negative experience once hired. Facebook has the highest satisfaction rating (4.8), Guidewire grabs the number two spot (4.6) and McKinsey & Company rounds out the top three (4.3).
To see a complete list of the 25 most difficult companies for job interviews and what candidates had to say about the process, check out our slideshow:
IT hosting company, Rackspace -- difficulty score 3.3
Rank: #25
Interview duration: 23 days
What makes the interview process so tough:
“Hour three [of the interview] involved meeting the team lead and manager. Questions like 'Do you get enjoyment out of completing 50 tasks in a shift or do you prefer to tackle very difficult projects that take many hours?' Resume was scrutinized and questions about if hired, where I wanted to be within the company in five years type questions.” – Window systems administrator II interview.
Difficult interview question:
"If your day was 20 percent performing job duties and 80 percent strategizing, give an examples of what you would be doing with that 80 percent?” – Acquisitions representative III interview
"If your day was 20 percent performing job duties and 80 percent strategizing, give an examples of what you would be doing with that 80 percent?” – Acquisitions representative III interview
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