Applied online, received a response from HR gal within a few days, asking for my availability for a call. 28 minutes later, I received an automated email rejection for the same role. I replied directly to the HR rep, letting her know my availability (assuming the auto-email may have been an oversight within their system). Two days later I received a follow-up email from the same HR rep, confirming the date/time for our call. 9 minutes later she replied again, saying "Disregard" because they will not be moving forward. One sentence. No explanation or apology for the confusion.
Wildly unprofessional and disrespectful of candidates. Reading some other comments here, it seems to be the norm for Merkle. Glad I didn't waste any time with the call. Amazing to me that a company doesn't understand basic professionalism in this day and age. Inexcusable.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Merkle in Jan 2022
Interview
Interviews are virtual. Interviewee is required to have their camera on, while the interviewers do not. This is the equivalent of sitting in an empty room with voices being projected over a loudspeaker. It's not only odd and uncomfortable, it's completely disrespectful of the interviewee. The interview time was also scheduled while the interviewer was traveling and it was cut short because they were catching a flight.
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Merkle (New York, NY) in Sep 2021
Interview
Lengthy process with multiple team members, allowing for an adequate evaluation of who you would be working with. Presentation required. Only negative feedback would be on the interviewer not having their camera on during the presentation. In this new virtual interviewing process, it was a little off-putting that their camera was not on and so I felt like I wasn't presenting to a person.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Merkle
Interview
Two interviews with the first one being more informal and the second one was with two client directors. The second interview was more a presentation on past campaigns that I ran and how I can be a fit for the role. Th e interview did last for one hour .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Past experiences mainly and how I will fit to the job
Account Director applicants have rated the interview process at Merkle with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 17% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Account Director roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Merkle overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Merkle as a Account Director according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 57%
Presentation: 29%
Group panel interview: 14%
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