I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Buildium (Boston, MA) in Oct 2013
Interview
The first step after sending in my application and getting notification that it was received was an email from a team leader in order to set up a 20 minute phone interview. The phone interview consisted of questions about myself, my work background, and my customer service standards. At the end of the phone interview, I was told that the company would like to bring me in for an in-person interview, and that was scheduled.
I was also informed that my in-person interview would consist of a teach-back, where I would learn the first chapter of Buildium's own book about property management accounting, and have to teach that information back to the interviewers. I was sent the property management accounting book by email, and was told to plan a lesson in time for my interview.
The in-person interview began with meeting two team leaders, and the customer service manager. We then went into the teach-back that I had planned, followed by a few questions regarding the information I had presented. After that, we dove into more questions about my work and personal experiences and background, service standards, and what I could bring to the company. We spent the last 15 minutes of the interview getting to know each other on a personal level, not just about work related experiences.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The most difficult part of the experience was probably the teach-back. I do not come from an accounting background, and developing a lesson plan for something that I had no previous experience with was difficult, but rewarding.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Buildium in Oct 2020
Interview
HR worked very quickly to get me through the process so I would be able to join the next hiring class coming up (should I get an offer - which I did). Everyone was very nice in the remote video interview, as well. Had to do a short presentation, but I had ample time to prepare and could have pushed it out further had I not felt comfortable in the timeframe.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hypothetical scenarios of how you would handle certain customer service issues and what you would rank in importance with emails and calls and cases and meetings and etc. to do in the morning to most efficiently get through your day
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Buildium in Mar 2020
Interview
It was all phone and remote interviews given the state of the world. I had a brief call with a hiring manager, another call with the person who would be my supervisor, and a video conference with future supervisor, team leader and director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the most important qualities you think a customer care agent should have
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Buildium (Boston, MA) in Dec 2016
Interview
I applied via LinkedIn. I was contacted via email the next day to arrange a phone interview, which took place the following day. The phone interview was your typical "getting to know you/here's what our company and position is about" interview. An in-person interview was arranged at the end of the call for later that week. It was at this time that I was told that part of the interview involved giving a "teach back," where I would have to give a presentation of sorts about a subject of my own choosing. The point was to show that I had the ability to teach people in detail, given that much of the job involves teaching customers how to do things on their software.
At the in-person interview, after I gave my teach back to a group of three people from the Customer Care group a more traditional interview was conducted. In all, it took a little over an hour, and I got a nice tour of their operation before I left.
After a bit of phone tag in the following days, I was offered the position.
Customer Care Agent applicants have rated the interview process at Buildium with 3.5 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 74.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Customer Care Agent roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Buildium overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Buildium as a Customer Care Agent according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 27%
Phone interview: 27%
Background check: 13%
Drug test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
One on one interview: 7%
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