I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Spin Master (Toronto, ON) in Dec 2018
Interview
First 30-minute Skype interview was in Spin Master conference room, but started 20 minutes late while HR rep and IT person tried to connect the call to their other office. So it was really about 10 minutes. Questions were around past work experiences.
Next 30 minute interview, another HR rep met me to bring me to the office of the hiring manager. But she didn't know where his office was, so we spent another 10 minutes looking for it. Interview with hiring manager was a relaxed discussion, he showed me some parts and ask how they would be made, etc. Strong emphasis seemed to be placed on how a big part of the role is tailoring my communications to non-technical people who don't seem to care about good engineering, only making money.
Last in-person interview was with HR, who spent a lot of time emphasizing the lack of directional focus at Spin Master.
A few weeks later I was scheduled for another Skype call with a different US based director. His perspective of the job duties for the position that I was interviewing for seemed to be completely different than those who I had interviewed with so far.
Subsequent discussions with HR rep led me to believe that there would still be an opportunity as she suggested that an offer was imminent and all she needed was a final approval. Finally after a few weeks of stonewalling and delaying, they got back and told me that the job was being put "on hold".
The entire hiring process at Spin Master was disorganized, unprofessional and disrespectful of the candidate. Nobody really seemed to know what was going on. If they take potential employees for granted and treat them so poorly, I don't want to think about how they treat actual employees.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Spin Master (Los Angeles, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
I applied online and heard back about a week later to schedule a phone interview with HR. That went fine and afterwards they wanted to schedule a call with the manager. Days passed without hearing anything until finally HR sent me a calendar invite, but at a time I did not list as available. It was eventually adjusted to suit my availability. The call with the manager was bizarre; completely monotone and asking very banal questions. She even confessed she doesn't get very excited about much of anything -- not for me. 2 weeks later HR emailed me a form letter that they'd decided on another candidate.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Spin Master (Toronto, ON) in Aug 2016
Interview
There were two interviews: a preliminary and a final interview.
1st interview I met with HR and a rep from the IT department. They asked what client-facing experience I had as they wanted to ensure I could work in a fast-paced environment with good touch skills.
2nd interview was technically more in-depth to ensure they were aware of my technical expertise and for me to be aware of the in-house systems I would be using.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were in a situation where you were in the middle of working on a client issue, and during this an exec calls asking you to take on a priority task right away, what would you say to the exec?