Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 2 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Cambridge Educational Services (Chicago, IL) em abr. de 2024
Entrevista
I had a first round interview and then was invited to edit two separate documents to send back to the company for review. The interview went alright, the interviewer was not very warm and was very static with asking her questions. There was no room to even attempt to form a more personable relationship with her.
Candidatei-me online. Fiz uma entrevista na empresa Cambridge Educational Services (Des Plaines, IL).
Entrevista
This was one of the stranger interviews I've done. I had a journalism degree and a couple of years of experience teaching at the college level, so the job description and company looked interesting when I applied online. A few days later, I got an email asking me for the most supplementary material I've ever had to submit for a job application. As other reviewers have mentioned, they wanted unofficial college transcripts, a specifically academic writing sample (the other jobs I'd applied to wanted journalism clips or marketing copy), and my old SAT scores from back when I was in high school. I was already a few years out of school by this point, but fortunately it was still recent enough at this point that I could still log into my university accounts and pull up unofficial transcripts, the SAT scores I'd used to apply, and an old paper from a journalism ethics class. It definitely signaled that they wanted young, inexperienced applicants; if I had graduated form college 20+ years ago, I probably would have had to give up at this point. Anyway, I submitted the materials, and then heard nothing. Then, three months later, I get a email from another Cambridge employee, offering me an interview. I was still looking at this point, so I went to the interview. I started with an interview with a senior executive, who was friendly and easy to talk to; this was the one part of the process that felt like a normal interview. Then another employee took me to a desk and gave me first a proofreading test and then a timed essay prompt much like you'd see on the writing section of the SAT. Felt like a throwback to school, but I figured it was because their main product is test-prep materials. After that, I never heard from them again. I never got to the next round, so I didn't get to meet the infamous CEO or see the apparently abysmal benefits package. At first I was disappointed, but after reading the reviews here, it was for the best that I did not get this job.
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Pergunta 1
Before even getting an interview, they asked for unofficial college transcripts, SAT or ACT scores (even if you last took them a decade or more ago), and an academic writing sample. At the in-person interview, expect a standardized test-style time essay.
Candidatei-me online. Fui entrevistado pela Cambridge Educational Services em mar. de 2021
Entrevista
It was very relaxed and conversational, and it felt more like an informal onboarding lesson as opposed to an interview. I just spoke about why I wanted to work for Cambridge and what experiences I had in the past