I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at X (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2013
Interview
Was not impressed. I was meant to have 3 interviews, the 3rd person didn't show as interviewer 2 didn't click with me.
The interviewers were not friendly and seemed to have their mind made up prior to me answering a question.
I was told that I was not creative enough; which was a bit harsh as I am the complete opposite. I would not interview with them again
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Come up with a measuring tool to see how many newspapers are sold each day using Twitter.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at X (Dublin, Dublin) in Aug 2013
Interview
Received an initial email from a recruiter who had found me on Linkedin. We scheduled a time to speak and the next day I received a call from the recruiter and it went very very well so I was told I would proceed.
A few days later, I had an interview with the hiring manager. He asked me about my experience to date and asked me to list everything out in 'reverse chronological order but starting with my academic history'. So, I started by stating my degree and talking about where I had studied and why. Then I started talking about my current role. In the middle of this he stopped me abruptly and said "no! I wanted you to list your experience in reverse chronological order starting with your first job!'. I apologized for the misunderstanding and everything went on from there. I was really bothered by the fact that there was LOUD typing through the phone whenever I tried to speak. I understand he was taking notes, but I've never had an interview like that.
In general, the interview was really cold - not what I expected from a job listing that emphasized passion, personality, and humor! It became more of an interrogation than an interview. After all the talk over my CV, we moved on to questions about why I wanted to work for Twitter, why I thought I would make a good candidate, and what I knew about Twitter's products. I only covered one part of what Twitter offered to it's clients before he cut me off to move on. I actually asked if I could go back and talk more about the products and how I had used them in the past for my former employer and he responded with a nonchalant "nope nope nope, I think you have it covered".
Needless to say, I started looking elsewhere.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time when you had to use KPIs to make a decision on the direction of an account or a campaign?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at X (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2013
Interview
Grade B exp. 1st, phone interview with HR, 2nd was Skype Interview, and then 3rd step they fly you out for a marathon of interviews. Ea. person got 1/2 hour time slot, no more, and it was more about what they were looking for then what I was looking for, didn't leave room for any questions of mine. Be prepared for "Google" style questions.