Marketing Data Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Petco with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Marketing Data Analyst roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Petco overall takes an average of 15 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Petco as a Marketing Data Analyst according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 27%
Group panel interview: 18%
Background check: 18%
Personality test: 9%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Petco in Mar 2011
Interview
Phone interview with HR rep to make sure qualifications fit the position. Once that was done - they followed up with personality test and you mandatory recommendations. After that they requested an in person interview. Met with 4 people from the department - all one on one interviews. A few "logic" questions were asked and further description of the position. Overall, was a fairly straight forward process.
I applied online. I interviewed at Petco (San Diego, CA)
Interview
Hiring process is a bit lengthy for an entry-level position. Met with an analyst, a supervisor, a manager, 2 directors, 2 or 3 merchants that I would be supporting, and the VP. A little much for the level of role it is.... the questions are not too bad, but they expect advanced degrees and an MBA for some of the entry level roles- very high expectations. Ask for a tour of the office to make sure you know what you are in for.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Petco (San Diego, CA) in Nov 2008
Interview
I had applied online and my phone interview took place 2-3 months later. There after, I had 3 in-person/panel interviews: one per week. I was also good about following up and checking in. It took them over a month after they had already heard back from all my references to get their offer approved to pass onto me. So in totality, it took about 4-5 months to get hired since I had applied.
Advice: For the interview it helps to know about the company so you can speak to it to some extent. You don't necessarily need experience in Marketing to get this job. The job is less about marketing and more about vendor relations and data analysis which is reason why we are commonly referred to as Vendor Analysts internally. In the job description at the time, they didn't define this aspect that well.
People, office & work culture: Our team is pretty close-nit even though this position has a high-turnover rate (People don't last more than 1 to 1.5 years) That's probably because there isn't much scope of moving up and the pay isn't that great. Even though the vendor is supposed to be our primary client, we get pulled into a lot of internal projects with short turn-around. It's good for getting more exposure, but our we don't have a very well-defined role.