I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Houzz in Feb 2015
Interview
I received a message from a LinkedIn recruiter. We scheduled a phone interview, during which she described the company and position in moderate detail and asked me basic questions about myself going back to high school. I told her I was interested so she sent me an email for a formal interview with another recruiter. This recruiter was a little older and wasn't as friendly (not to say she wasn't kind, she just wasn't very peppy). She didn't really smile and I felt like she either has to do a lot of interviews and isn't excited about it or is trying to make you uncomfortable.
Interview questions [15]
Question 1
Describe your high school experience. Extracurricular activities? Sports? Honor classes?
Why did you choose the college you chose? Did you go straight to university out of high school? What was your GPA? What was college like? What were you involved in? Did you work?
Great company to work for. They have a stringent hiring process. You will have multiple interviews followed by a presentation at the end. All in all they want to see if you understand their platform and user mentality. Big props if you show your personality or if you have a positive attitude it will go a long way. It was definitely gruelling but totally fair as the job itself is quit full on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Houzz? Why sales? You don't seem like a salesperson.. (I don't). Very blunt but direct.
Houzz places a large emphasis on role playing in the interview process, both for external and internal roles. It's daunting in the moment but is actually good practice and gives interviewers a good sense of how you think on your feet
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you comfortable making 100+ outbound phonecalls a day?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Houzz (Fresno, CA) in Dec 2021
Interview
It was very through and you really got a great idea of the position, it was multiple levels finishing up with a mock sales call to really get an idea of the process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me what qualities make me a great salesperson
Account Executive applicants have rated the interview process at Houzz with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Account Executive roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 62 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Houzz overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Houzz as a Account Executive according to 62 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Drug test: 7%
Personality test: 3%
Skills test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 1%
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