I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at COMSOL in Aug 2011
Interview
I met with two marketing managers. The first marketing manager sat me down and asked me questions regarding my former employee. She provided great detail about the position and the company. A couple turn offs were that 1) The interview was in the later part of the day so the interview felt rushed. 2) When I asked why the position was open, she stated that the person in the position was not really qualified for the position and sort of "fell into it" by chance. Doesn't really make you feel great about the company's hiring tactics. She did provide me with positive feedback regarding my qualifications saying that I would be able to jump into the position and get acclimated quickly which was a plus, since she was looking to fill the position quickly. I met with second marketing manager and she was very friendly. The general questions were average for an interview: why are you the person for this position? what are your strengths/weaknesses? etc. I never heard back.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at COMSOL (Grenoble) in Nov 2014
Interview
J'ai reçu un mail m'expliquant que ma candidature avait été retenue et que l'entretien aurait lieu tel jours à telle heure. Pas possibilité de changer l'heure et la date de l'entretien. Arrivée sur place, nous étions environ 25 candidats, tous issus de parcours différents. En première partie, une présentation générale de l'entreprise, avec les dirigeants et l'assistante marketing actuelle. Ensuite, un entretien personnelle de 10 minutes (un peu court à mon goût pour réellement convaincre et se vendre convenablement. Et enfin un petit exercice qui consistait en la rédaction d'une lettre de motivation. Personnellement, je n'ai pas saisi l'intérêt de l'exercice. Voulaient-ils être impressionnés par une lettre de motivation originale ou souhaitaient-ils simplement évaluer notre niveau de français? En bref, beaucoup de concurrence, pas beaucoup de temps consacré aux candidats. Je pense que j'aurais préféré qu'ils réduisent le nombre de candidat et qu'ils étendent la durée de l'entretien personnelle à 20/30 minutes?!
Par contre, les deux dirigeants et l'assistante marketing sont très sympathiques, et ils essayent de nous mettre à l'aise le plus possible. L'ambiance dans l'entreprise parait excellente.
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Question 1
Qu'avez vous retenus de notre site internet? Qu'avez vous retenus de la présentation?
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at COMSOL (Palo Alto, CA) in Mar 2013
Interview
Applied online. Took about 2 weeks to hear back and receive an interview request. Interview was held in person with several different managers from different departments. Usually there were no more than 2 managers in the interview at a time. About a week later had a phone interview with a marketing manager from the corporate office in Burlington, MA.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They wanted to know about my communication skills, and how comfortable I was interacting with different people whether it be via phone, email, or in person.
Marketing Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at COMSOL with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 43.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Marketing Assistant roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at COMSOL overall takes an average of 50 days.
Common stages of the interview process at COMSOL as a Marketing Assistant according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Background check: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
Phone interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
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