Penguin Random House interview questions

The interview process started with a phone interview then followed with four different in person interviews. During the interviews, questions were more personality based. As this position is an assistant role, the interviewers were concerned with how well candidates would fit in with the team, both personality and work habit wise. Although each interview was very professional, the entire process took about a month and it took a very long time to hear back about their final decision.

The interview started with Human Resources. They are the gatekeepers and they'll grill you on your resume, experience, your knowledge of the company as well as your interest in working for them. I don't remember all of the questions I was asked, but they will ask you some of the typical, hard questions you can expect from most interviews (such as the greatest weakness, a time you faced a challenge and how you worked through it, and etc.). After the HR interview I then interviewed with my now boss. Many of the questions my boss asked were similar, but not as difficult as the HR interview.