I applied online. I interviewed at American Red Cross (Saint Louis, MO)
Interview
The interview is a behavior interview that has nothing to do with your job experience. The questions have nothing to do with the job. The supervisor that interviewed me did not seem to know exactly what they he/she was doing. I waited a long time before anyone came for me in the lobby. I was given a tour of the lab. The equipment doesn't seem as up-to-date as other labs I have seen. It was unorganized.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at American Red Cross in Mar 2017
Interview
Contacted by email a few days after applying to schedule phone interview with hr. Email included three questions to be answered prior to interview. Phone call was brief and asked a few questions like what overwhelms you and salary. Salary was super low at $19 hourly. Next interview was to be with Regional Manager/Hiring Manager. A week and a half after I got a generic email saying they moved on to other candidates. I had applied for another position within ARC in between that time. Got another generic email saying they moved on to other candidates with an email an hour after from a recruiter to schedule a short phone interview. Confused at the rejection emails but accepted the phone interview for the next week. Phone interview was a quick conversation and included why ARC? Salary was mentioned at a low of $19-21. After a week I had a long phone interview with the Regional Manager/Hiring Manager. She asked a lot of very detailed questions regarding experience and how it would be used at ARC and why. However, her questions must've been for the first Development position. It was confusing to say the least. They are asking for a lot of responsibilities for the position which should actually be the Director's job meanwhile the pay is basically nothing. Good luck finding someone who is willing to do that with the pay offered. After that interview there was silence.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you had to tell a chairperson no to their ideas?
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at American Red Cross (New York, NY)
Interview
Phone screening went fantastically, as did the first interview with the director and her team. The second interview totally fell apart. The position, particularly the responsibilities and reporting structure, changed dramatically between the first and second interviews and the interviewer seemed incredibly frustrated that I didn't know about the overhaul (no one contacted me to tell me about the changes, although she assured me that someone must have). The process was disorienting to say the least and I only heard that the position was filled after reaching out three weeks later, receiving a one sentence response, "We chose someone else."
I gather that the individual chapters are beholden to the ever-changing priorities of the national HQ. Everyone was pleasant enough and seemed to enjoy their work. That being said, they admitted that things are constantly in flux and I would need to be open to dysfunction. There's a stark distinction in my mind between being an adaptable employee and accepting normalized chaos. I dodged a bullet on this one; I would have accepted the position on salary alone, even if I was worried for how I'd manage the experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you deal with conflicting priorities? Have you ever directly reported to more than three people at once?