MBA Marketing Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Mattel with 3.3 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 67.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for MBA Marketing Intern roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 MBA Marketing Intern according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Other: 17%
Personality test: 17%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Mattel (East Aurora, NY) in Jan 2011
Interview
I was contacted 4 weeks after I applied online and given an interview date a month and half after my phone conversation. Once I had my interview - which was with an HR representative and 4 managers, I was offered the position 4 days later. All for an intern position!
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Mattel (El Segundo, CA) in Jan 2025
Interview
Two 30 minute rounds of interviews that were pretty chill. The interviewers were nice and friendly, and I got to know about the decision about one to two weeks from when I had given the interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioural questions about collaboration, leading an initiative, when I had to dive deep into data. Marketing questions about how I would market a particular product, how I would sell it to a retailer, and how I would enter a new market
1. applied through Mattel's career site
2. interview with recruiter, followed by interview with senior member of marketing team. First interview was basic behavioral, while second was mostly made up of a case plus some behavioral questions with time for my questions at the end