Condé Nast General Intern Interview Questions
& Process

The application process was pretty straightforward. It began with submitting an application, followed by a video task. The final stage was an interview. My advice would be to thoroughly research the company, looking into recent news and understanding their core values.

I interviewed a few years back with two women in a magazine office lobby. They asked pretty basic questions like why I was interested in publishing and why I wanted to intern at Conde Nast. The experience was pretty awful because it was one of my first professional interviews and they made me really uncomfortable. It felt like a good cop/bad cop situation. One interviewer was nice and asked most of the questions, but the other just stared at me the whole time. She was dressed really strangely and wore sunglasses indoors, which was super intimidating and unprofessional.

I applied by submitting my resume and cover letter online. Many people get internships through connections, but I just sent mine in on a whim and got an interview offer, so don't feel discouraged! If you're selected, there's only one interview, which you can do over Skype or in person. They 'highly recommend' you go in person, so I did, but I met people who got offers via Skype, so either could work. When you apply, you're applying to Conde Nast as a whole, but during the interview, you're asked about your favorite brands, which might influence where they place you. The interview isn't tricky, it's very standard. They'll ask about what you've done in school and your previous work. It's really important to give them all the information you want them to have about yourself because it's up to you to fill them in. My interviewer was very friendly, and it was more of a conversation. However, before your interview, you wait in a large room with chairs in a circle, so you can see everyone else being interviewed, which is naturally quite uncomfortable. I was dressed more casually than most, which worried me a lot, but after accepting a position, I found out the dress code is pretty casual because of the company's fashion-forward atmosphere.