I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Condé Nast (London, England) in May 2010
Interview
Presentation by Head of Media Sales, then a psychometric test with 20 other applicants followed by an interview. Test was timed (can’t remember exactly how long but I think about half an hour) and the interview lasted only 5 mins! Called back for a second interview which lasted 45 mins - hour. The second interview as a week after the first and was held at the same location.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked what I did at primary school! Very odd question and was not expecting that!
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Condé Nast (London, England) in Aug 2016
Interview
Brief powerpoint presentation followed by a psychometric test and quick interview asking questions like Why do you want to work here, Where do you see yourself in 5 years time, Why media sales.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work here, Where do you see yourself in 5 years time, Why media sales.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Condé Nast (London, England) in Oct 2014
Interview
About 11 of us given a presentation about the role then given a test and allowed about 45 minutes for this. Questions were straightforward, basically a personality test and psychometric, multiple choice questions. Some questions at the end required a written answer such as 'how would an enemy describe you?' 'what gives you pleasure in life?'. Taken for a very short one and one interview and was talked over.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Why media sales?
Where else have you applied?
Which of our publications do you read?
I applied through other source. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Condé Nast (London, England) in Sept 2014
Interview
Applied by post and was accepted to first round interview. Short Presentation by them followed and then they asked us (roughly 12) to take a personality test - all very simple. The five minute interview that followed was fine apart from the interviewer cutting me off at almost every point.
Questions asked:
Why Conde Nast?
Which of our publications do you read?
Are you really interested in Media Sales?
Where else did you apply?
I was invited back for a second interview. They like to do it in quick succession and I believe they invited many of us back for second interviews as I saw interviewee's that I recognized either before or after me. The interview was completely bizarre.
Questions asked:
What is your first childhood memory
What was your first day of primary school like
How was the transition from primary to secondary school?
What clubs did you attend/ extra curricular/ activities involved in
How was it going from a small school to a big one?
Were you close to your sister?
I was expecting competency based questions or at least questions related to my CV and achievements to date/ degree. I'm not sure entirely what her intention was but I would guess that it was an attempt to gauge my popularity and how malleable I was. To me it seemed somewhat unrelated to the job.
