AARP Communications Manager interviews, decoded.

The whole thing took about three weeks and had two interviews. First one was over an hour on Zoom with an AARP recruiter, and the second was a 30-minute Zoom call with the department head.

I had a great interview experience. It involved both behavioral questions and a test of my technical skills. While I felt a connection with the interviewers, another candidate was ultimately deemed a better fit. It seems like a really nice place to work, and the facility itself was beautiful.

Applied online and after a phone screen with the recruiter, I was invited for an on-site interview with the hiring manager and some team members. They had a list of behavioral questions they read like a script, which felt a bit impersonal. One person mostly just observed without much interaction. Even though everyone was professional, I felt like I wasn't the right fit for what they were looking for and that it wasn't a mutual match. I left the process knowing I didn't want to work there, as it seemed a bit too formal and old-fashioned. They did get back to me quickly with a rejection within a week.