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      Front Desk Interview

      Apr 26, 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Arlington, VA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at AvalonBay Communities (Arlington, VA) in Aug 2015

      Interview

      The interview questions surrounds your experience with respect to the job you've applied. Firstly, you apply online at jobs.avalonbay.com and then within two weeks if you fit the qualifications, a talent acquisition emails you to set up phone interview. If all goes well, you will be invited to in person interview at depending on the location of your choice. Some interview do take place onsite and some do take the nearest human resource office to the location which you wish to work or will be sent to work. After initial in person interview is conducted, all the information relating to the job will be shared with you. The talent acquisition will tell you what they expect of you with respect to the job. This includes your responsibilities, pay, benefits, full time or part time, location and time of work. You will have a chance to ask questions before interview is over. This should all be within your first in person interview. If all goes well, you will be offered the job and be provided via email a welcome letter which you must sign and email back in PDF. The same letter could be given to you in person and you will sign and keep a copy. After being hired and please note this depends on the job. You will have probational period to make your case and when that is over, your benefits should start including vacations. Temporary employees have a different plan and pay scale. Pay, type of interview and expectations all depends on your job and you. Some exceptions are universal others depends on case by case.

      Interview questions [4]

      Question 1

      Tell us a little bit about your customer service work experience?
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      Why do you think you will be a good fit for this job?
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      Tell me a situation where you faced a difficult situation and you deescalated it. In other words, how did you handle the situation?
      1 Answer

      Question 4

      If offered the job, how soon can you start?
      1 Answer

      AvalonBay Communities interviews FAQs

      • Front Desk applicants have rated the interview process at AvalonBay Communities with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Front Desk roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at AvalonBay Communities overall takes an average of 22 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at AvalonBay Communities as a Front Desk according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Skills test:  20%

        Phone interview:  20%

        IQ intelligence test:  20%

        Drug test:  20%

        Presentation:  20%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Community Consultant(160) ;
        2. Leasing Consultant(60) ;
        3. Maintenance Technician(45) ;
        4. Sales and Service Supervisor(45) ;
        5. Community Manager(34) ;
        6. Manager(23) ;
        7. Maintenance Manager(21) ;
        8. Maintenance Supervisor(19) ;
        9. Concierge(18) ;
        10. Director(14) ;
        11. Senior Community Manager(11) ;
        12. Sales & Service Supervisor(10) ;
        13. Community Concierge(9) ;
        14. Customer Service Representative(9) ;
        15. Administrative Assistant(8) .


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