Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Spark New Zealand as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for (Senior) Data Scientist and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for (Senior) Data Scientist and roles were rated as the easiest.
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I interviewed at Spark New Zealand (Whakatane, Bay of Plenty)
Interview
Entirely AI driven with ridiculous AI summaries on personal character.
After filling out a questionnaire, an AI chatbot evaluates your personality and creates a forced "pro-con" evaluation on your character. Didn't get to interview stage
I interviewed at Spark New Zealand (Auckland, Auckland)
Interview
Applied online. Phone screening, follower by a 3 interviews. One casual tell us about you experience, followed by a case study interview and finally a culture fit interview. Overall the interview process was good, however it was a bit slow.
Interview questions [1]
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They provided a case study and provided 48 hours to review before a interview asking what insights had been achieved.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Spark New Zealand (Auckland, Auckland) in Nov 2025
Interview
The interviewer surprised me at the beginning by asking "where are you from". Red flag it is. Then this person asked subjective, not job-related questions with perception, instead of my capability. I lost motivation at that point. They should really put someone properly trained across the table.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where are you from?
Why you are interested in this role?