I applied in-person. I interviewed at Serco Group (Harrisonburg, VA) in Apr 2015
Interview
The interview process consists of one round with your future supervisor, another team lead from another tech center and a quality assurance specialist. All of the questions are behavorial based. They each take turns asking you different questions to assess how you would handle deadlines, stress, and working with others.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What if you were reading an application and you did not understand something in it? What would you do?
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Serco Group in May 2019
Interview
Skype interview with panel of supervisors in different department. The phone interview lasted an hour and they asked for my questions at the top. They answered my questions and told me about day-to-day work and the area.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do I take criticism and what is the role of criticism? How do I maintain focus for a long period of time?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Serco Group (Harrisonburg, VA)
Interview
Contacted by recruiter and had a phone interview along with online correspondence. I was required to submit my college transcripts and apply for a security clearance. A couple of weeks later I was contacted by a supervisor for a personnel interview at the job site in Harrisonburg Virginia. Since I had a long commute the supervisor was mainly concerned that I would be willing to continue taking that long of a commute.
Patent Classifier applicants have rated the interview process at Serco Group with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Patent Classifier roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Serco Group overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Serco Group as a Patent Classifier according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 24%
Phone interview: 24%
Background check: 18%
Skills test: 12%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
One on one interview: 6%
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