I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Discover (Riverwoods, IL) in Jan 2019
Interview
Favorite part of the interview: Everyone alluded to how slowly the company moves to get things done and how they'll spend months and months planning a project for it to just get cancelled. Which was a bit of a red flag considering the role I was interviewing for was to lead an implementation that they've been wanting to complete for years... One Director explained, "we're really good at being pregnant, but then when the baby comes, we forget about it and get pregnant again". Well said...?
30 minute phone screen with recruiter and then 4 hour in-person interview panel. Would have preferred to have a 1:1 with the hiring manager prior to coming in for 4 hours and not having a great idea about what the job was and what they were looking for.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Discover (Chicago, IL) in Feb 2019
Interview
Fast, first an HR email asking for time to have a call with hiring manager, the hiring manager call for about 30 min was easy, did not really ask though questions, and then received a call that was scheduled for an interview onsite scheduled to meet with 3 directors, 2 days ahead of the interview, the HR called saying they changed the format to a panel with 2 people.
During interview onsite, the room had a broken wall and could hear people laughing and talking loud outside, preventing the panel to hear my answers, the hiring manager did not show interest to my answers when i was talking since the start and cut the interview 40 min short, i had a feeling they have already a candidate in mind, if that was the case, I would have appreciate it if they cancelled the onsite.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral situations mainly, tell me about an experience when you worked with different cultures?
technical and HR, you need to go through the technical and the hr, techie one had some programming skills questions and the HR had general strength based. what motivates you, are you willing to travel , why did u chose discover and the like of that