I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at City of El Segundo (El Segundo, CA) in Apr 2025
Interview
Although HR is friendly, the process is very disorganized. I spoke to three different people (4-5 calls & 2 emails) to just set up an in-person first round interview. HR gives zero insight on the process including not telling you who you will be interviewing with. The interview was formal and very behavioral based. They had an extensive amount of very generic and not specific hypothetical questions. As the hypotheticals were so broad, you can imagine it is hard to even answer the question. In addition to this, the atmosphere during the interview had more of a cold tone to it. For example, at one point, the interviewer snickered at me in the middle of one of my answers. Lastly, I received an email stating that they scored me below a 70% in my interview so they wouldn’t be moving forward, which is obviously fine, but did they really need to say I scored below a percentile? Just thought it was a little in poor taste as most companies just send a thanks for interviewing, we are moving on with other candidates type email. Again, I rated this neutral as it wasn’t necessarily a bad experience, but more so I left the process thinking I’m not sure I want to work here.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you hypothetically handle public criticism?
The interview process begins with an in-person Accounting Exam, lasting around 2 hours, based on those results the next step is a panel interview that is virtual. The final interview is with the department management.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you do if a vendor underbills us on an invoice?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at City of El Segundo (Los Angeles, CA) in Apr 2011
Interview
When I did my interview the supervisor for the park had me come into his office, asked me what I knew about the different offices at the park, what each one did, and then filled me in on what I was missing and what actually happens at each office. Overall very informal and just checks to see what you know already