I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Condé Nast (New York, NY) in Aug 2009
Interview
This interview was a few years ago. I interviewed with two girls in the lobby of one of the magazines offices. I was asked pretty basic questions: why are you interested in publishing, why do you want to intern at Conde Nast, etc. It was horrible though, because this was one of my first professional interviews and the interviewers made me so uncomfortable. They were playing a good cop/bad cop sort of thing. One of the girls was nice enough, asking me most of the questions and the other girl just sat there and stared me down. She was dressed like an Abercrombie kids model circa 2004 and wearing aviators the whole time. INDOORS. Very intimidating and unprofessional.
There was one screening interview with an HR representative, and then one interview with a hiring manager. Neither one was more than 30 minutes. The HR representative called to offer the job.
Application process was pretty simple. First stage was the application, then you had a video task. Then a final interview. Advice would be to really research the company e.g recent news and understand the company values.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why this role?/ company
Tell me about a time ..... worked in a team/problem solved/something didn't go to plan
Good - they asked questions about what kind of companies i like and what do i like about conde nast. they asked me about strengths. they asked what do i see for the future for conde nast
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what other companies apart from conde nast do you admire