I applied online. I interviewed at New York Public Library
Interview
First there was a 5 person panel interview. Next I was called to interview with a manager at a specific branch. I was hired over a phone call on my drive home from the interview.
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at New York Public Library in Dec 2014
Interview
I applied to several openings over a four month period (thankfully the make it very easy to apply to new positions with your stored information.) I was eventually called to interview with an HR representative. Ideally, he would have liked for me to come to his office, but I am currently living out of state so they settled for a phone interview which lasted about 45-minutes. A couple weeks later, I was called by one of the branch managers for an in-person interview. (She was even willing to do a Skype interview - though I accepted the in-person interview since I was going to visit the city anyway.) The in-person interview was a one-on-one interview between me and the branch manager. Originally, she said the interview would only last about 30-minutes; however, it was a full-hour before we finally wrapped things up.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you creatively answered a patron's question.
Children's Librarian applicants have rated the interview process at New York Public Library with 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 61.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Children's Librarian roles take an average of 120 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at New York Public Library overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at New York Public Library as a Children's Librarian according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Drug test: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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