The interview process was surprisingly brief and ended when the topic of salary came up. Although they called to confirm details, there was no further interest in pursuing any salary negotiations.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Mattel in Nov 2021
Interview
overall hiring process was divided into 5 parts 1) interview with HR 2) interview with marketing manager 3) Business case (to plan marketing launch plan for 1 of key products on foreign market) 4) case review 5) case presentation to 4 marketing managers (in english, for 4 russians;) from different product lines (dolls, table games, toys for infants etc)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) what is marketing media strategy 2) why do companies need to conduct product relaunch
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Mattel (Ciudad de Mexico) in Jun 2013
Interview
The process was really quick and to the point but had to go 5 times for in person interviews and was interviewd by different persons. All people that interviewed me was really capable
Brand Manager 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Brand Manager roles take an average of 21 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 Brand Manager according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 33%
Phone interview: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
Personality test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
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