Assistant Publicist applicants have rated the interview process at Penguin Random House with 2 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 58.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Penguin Random House as a Assistant Publicist according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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Interview
Three interviews: one with an HR employee and two with the senior publicists that needed the assistant. Very easy and straight forward questions. It felt like they were looking for the right personality fit rather than actual experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why publicity and is publicity your true interest or do you want to move to editorial eventually?