Viking Cruises Interview Questions
& Process

I applied for a job and then got a text and email to set up a phone interview. The recruiter was late to the interview and didn't respond. I reached out by text and didn't get a call back for about thirty minutes after my scheduled interview time. Then I sent a follow-up email about my application with no response. About an hour later, I got an email saying they decided to go with someone else.

Horrible interview process and horrible candidate experience. I waited over a month after the initial call to come on-site and interview with the hiring team. The overall team was very friendly, but the executive leader was very rude and condescending; which is a odd thing to do to candidates that you have invited on-site. anyway I didn't hear back for another 3 weeks before I was told I didn't get the job. I reached out for feedback to receive no response. This was a waste f time and a waste of gas. Probably one of the worst interview processes I've experienced ever!

I interviewed with this company and unfortunately didn't get hired. The amount of negative reviews received from this company is despicable and I didn't know this prior to interviewing with them. I interviewed with an Andres Suarez, who didn't speak English clearly enough for me to understand him throughout the interview, nor did I get impeccable mannerisms from his interview style, so this was the first red flag. Second red flag was when I was interview bombed/bullied about the video session being recorded for quality and training purposes, leaving me with no choice but to proceed, and when a second person, a woman, joined my interview without prior knowledge or consent, and with whom Mr. Suarez announced right before my interview would be joining us. This lack of transparency is highly unprofessional and unacceptable. I should have been previously notified that there would be two people meeting with me. Those people also should have properly introduced themselves, and gave small introductions of their roles with Viking Cruises considering there's enough time to do so within a twenty five minute session. I know nothing of the role titles that either of these two people hold, or how long they've been with the company etc. etc. Not only did this gesture turn me completely off, but when it became the woman's turn to interview me, she went directly into interrogating me with impromtu waitress questions about food and drink items on an imaginary menu, that totally caught me off gaurd, as this approach was entirely unecessary, and did not align with the expectations of a professional interview setting. Today I can't even recall her name or what her job position is at Viking because she never properly introduced herself. Fortunately I failed this mystery woman's interrogation questions, because she wasn't dressed professional enough for me to even take her the smallest bit serious, her look DID NOT match at all Viking's supposed "impeccable grooming standards"(messy hair up in a high bun no!), her video quality was poor, her video lacked proper lighting, and her background was filled with a lot of distraction. No thank you. You both did me a HUGE favor and it's not being employed with either of you.

After being selected, you need to provide references, appraisal letter, and anything else to prove your experience. Then you have an interview with the company recruiter, which is the first step. If approved, the second step is an interview with the Recruiter responsible for your function. The questions are all situational, focusing on your experience and how you'd handle specific scenarios. For the HRM role, it was very specific. I think my 5 years working off cruise ships might have been why I wasn't selected, but it was a good conversation.