Quick and easy interview, writing test immediately given. Compensation discussed and benefits. Work set up etc. Gone through CV. Everything was ok and interviewer was kind, made it quick for me.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Ayima (London, England) in Jun 2019
Interview
The interview process was quite long and seemed like a waste of time (3 calls and 2 face to face meetings and an analytics task). First was headhunted by their internal recruitment team, had an initial call with HR, then phone interview with lead analyst there, then a face to face with 2 of the lead analysts and had to do a Google Analytics questionaire/test plus a short Excel test. After that was completed, I then got asked to have another phone interview with their Head of Analytics and got sent an analytics task to complete which had to be presented back in powerpoint form in another face to face meeting with 3 analysts and a project manager and someone from HR.
The reason why I felt like it was a waste of time was because of the reason they didn't hire me - which was because I was not senior enough and they had already hired other people similar to my level of experience (and had no more space for a role that I could fit into). This felt unfulfilling as the feedback wasn't bad, it was just that they didn't have any more room for someone of my experience - which seemed like something they could have realised before during the phone interviews and would have saved both parties a lot of time and effort. In the end I gave them the work that I did for their client and would recommend others to protect their powerpoint (which i regret not doing).
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Ayima (London, England) in Jun 2018
Interview
Had a phone interview and then was asked to come in for a face to face, which involved a presentation of what PPC, Paid Social and Programmatic Display are as well as answers to a question sheet sent a week prior.
Despite asking when my start date was on my application, phone interview and face to face, I got offered the position with the basis that I would be able to start within the next week, which unfortunately was not feasible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had to choose one of the three (PPC, Paid Social, Programmatic Display) which would you choose and why?