Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Bertelsmann as 75% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.25 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Director, Digital Marketing and Strategy Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Entrepreneur and Strategy Manager roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Bertelsmann takes an average of 25 days when considering 4 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Director, Digital Marketing had the quickest hiring process (on average 21 days), whereas Entrepreneur roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 28 days).
Es waren klassische Bewerbungsgespräche mit unterschiedlichen Personen in vier Runden. Erste Runde mit einer HR Dame, Zweite Runde mit dem CSO, Dritte Runde mit dem CEO. Vierte Runde mit dem Team. Aufteilung der Gespräche:
Einleitung, persönliche Vorstellung, Fragen zu Leadership, Fachfragen, Fragen zur Teamleitung, Fallstudie.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Warum glaubst Du, dass Du hier kulturell reinpasst.
Sehr angenehme Bewerbungsgespräche und sehr professioneller Bewerbungsprozess. Erst ein Online Assessment Center, anschließend eine Case Study und ein personal Fit Interview. Die finale Runde besteht aus Bewerbungsgesprächen vor Ort in Gütersloh.
Video screening interview with HR less than. 30 minutes. Invited to a video interview with hiring manager, around 45 minutes, both conversational and unstructured, no formal competency based questions just chatting about my background and the role. It wasn’t a bad interview but frustrating that the hiring manager was insistent previous publishing experience was essentially when the advert and HR had not indicated that. Given it was clear from my CV I didn’t have publishing experience, and I spent a lot of time prepping for the interviews, it felt frustrating that I was interviewed at all but all interview experience is practice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Conversational interview - largely around prior experience, experience with systems, publishing experience