Candidates applying for Senior Associate, Strategy roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mattel overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mattel as a Senior Associate, Strategy according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Mattel
Interview
First there was an HR phone screen, then a 1st Round in the office. For Round 1, I had 5 interviews back to back. 2nd Round was two interviews.
When I showed up for the first round, my interviewers didn't know who I was interviewing with or what my schedule was. None of this particularly bothered me, but it was a little bit of a red flag. When I went in for my 2nd round interview, my interviewers did not even know I had been there before or that I had met with several people within their own group already. After I left, I never heard back from anyone for many weeks. I emailed HR one day to get a follow up and the woman replied the same day that they were looking at other candidates. Overall, the process was not very well organized and not very professional. To me, this is telling of what it may be like to actually work there.
Meeting with the strategy team was pretty standard and as expected. HR, however is pretty disorganized and unprofessional, and it does not reflect well upon the company. I expected a much more polished HR staff and process than what I encountered.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Mattel
Interview
Many rounds of interviews - largely because they can't seem to get everyone in the same place at the same time. First interview was with HR over the phone, followed by interviews with what seemed like every single person in the department. Went to Mattel 4 separate times for interviews, each time thinking this would be the last round. Then HR would call and say, "everyone really liked you, there are 2 more people who want to meet you, so we need you to come back in."
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were tasked with getting the stock price up by $5/share, what would be your plan?