I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice (Austin, TX) in Aug 2017
Interview
The interview process is typically 4 rounds with an optional 5th meeting. The first is a phone interview covered basic questions about my work experience, skills as they would apply to the position, and the company. However, the staff recruiter I spoke to thought I would be best suited for an advanced position...which, as it turns out is only offered through internal promotion. This position was, and still is, posted as an opening on their company career page, mind you, but was not offered to incoming candidates. Confusing all around. The second round was an email project which had the incorrect hiring manger cc'd on and I received zero feedback on. In this case, I was told upfront that I would receive red edits after the first submission and would be given a chance to better my work if/where needed. I did make sure I pointed out the incorrect email address to make sure my work made it to the correct person. I also asked for feedback when I didn't get any, which they were not able to give. But I was moved onto the third round, where I was starting to feel like the internal hiring team wasn't on the same page. The third round, was phone interview with a hiring manager. Roughly ten minutes before this scheduled call, a staff recruiter called to give me a "heads up" on a topic that in the end was never discussed during the call with the hiring manager. The call with the hiring manager seemed to go well but the topic I as given a heads up on was never discussed. I didn't make it past this round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical - Why are you a good fit for this position? What do you know about the company? In past positions, were most of your efforts inbound or outbound?
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback on our interview process. I’m sorry to hear of the confusion you encountered. I’ve recently taken over our recruiting team and will be looking at this candidate experience issue. I very much appreciate your review.
Other Sales Development Representative interview reviews for Bazaarvoice
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice (Austin, TX)
Interview
I had 3 great rounds of interviews, and got rejected after the final one. I didn’t mind the rejection so much and I minded going through a month’s time of interviews only to get a no at the end. The second interview for me was a “role play”. I don’t come for a business background, and spent an entire weekend studying for this role play. TIP: REJECT PEOPLE BEFORE THE ROLE PLAY. I wish I would’ve gotten my “no” before then. Why waste so much of our time?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice (Austin, TX) in Dec 2020
Interview
I was referred in by someone who works there. I got set up with a screening call which went well. Then I did a mock email to a client as an assignment from the recruiter. From there I was passed onto a manager for a phone interview. It felt a little off to me, like maybe he wasn't prepared or I just wasn't saying what he wanted to hear.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic 'tell me about yourself'
What stuck out to you about Bazaarvoice?
What is a new skill you learned in the past year and why did you learn it? (from screening call)
Thank you for taking the time to give feedback on your experience. We'd welcome the chance to hear from you again in the future should the opportunity arise.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bazaarvoice (London, England) in Apr 2020
Interview
Efficient and transparent process — all the more commendable given the current situation ! A real team effort between HR and Sales with Louis, Ria and Marcin keeping me informed and up to date with the process throughout. As a candidate, this is something I greatly appreciate and found to be lacking at other places I was interviewing.
The process involved 4 stages after an initial LinkedIn message (thanks Louis). The first was a typical screening call with HR, followed by a 30 minute interview with the Hiring Manager. The third stage was a company research essay and an email role play based on your research which if successful, resulted in 4 back-to-back interviews with various people in the department.
Feedback was comprehensive and relayed to me twice by HR and the Hiring Manager. Further time was also taken out by the team to answer any further questions I had once I was offered. Special thanks to Ria, who answered my questions outside of work hours and who kindly fitted interviews around my schedule !
Thank you very much for your feedback - I've passed it onto both Ria and Louis. Excited to see you are coming on board so we look forward to 'virtually' welcoming you soon!
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