Vrbo Marketing Interview Questions
& Process

This was probably the most disorganized, disrespectful interview process I've ever been through. Start to finish, it took two and a half months. This included several lapses in communication from the recruiter, who would offer to schedule a phone call and then disappear for a week, with me nagging every few days with "just checking in!" messages. We finally made it through the screening call, so there was another call with my hiring manager, who promptly forgot about it, leaving me anxiously looking at my phone and waiting for it to ring. More scheduling snafus ensued and I make it through THAT call, plus one more, and I'm then invited downtown for an in-person interview. The downtown interview is a four-hour affair, during which I'm interviewed in 30-minute blocks by different people from several departments. At least three of those people had no idea why they were interviewing me, so we just chit chatted. They were pretty cool. Between getting there and back, and the interview itself, I had to take the whole day off work. After all that, it went to someone else. The recruiter said it went to someone with ten years of experience plus five years of experience, which is not even in the same ballpark as my experience level (five years total).

I had several interviews: HR, my direct manager (N+1), their manager (N+2), and a consultant. The first two interviews were very encouraging, making me feel like the job was practically mine. However, the third interviewer made it clear I was a mistake, which I understood given their explanations. But I have serious doubts about the skills of the HR person and the N+1, as they seemed clueless about who they were actually recruiting.

The interview process started with a screening phone interview, followed by a Skype interview. The first Skype interview was with the same person I spoke to on the phone. She was very friendly and nice. The second Skype interview was with two people. They asked about other places I was interviewing with, if I had any job offers, and what compensation packages those places offered. I found this a bit strange and dodged the questions because I felt awkward.