Meltwater News
group interview 16.03. in Zurich - Meltwater News
meeting in a conference room at the Novotel. Somehow
is already the fact that a round of introductions or "group interview" is conducted in a hotel funny before. Artificial. As if they do not show the company itself, but with an oh-so-important Meeting need to impress in a hotel. So that the candidate thinks Uiii great! I'm going to an interview and takes place in a Hooteeell! But somehow the
indeed become almost standard among the big players, the first high potentials with hotels and any trips to impress. Who's money can afford.
Conclusion 1: Meltwater News has money and uses it proactively in order to make it really interesting as an employer. OR Meltwater News just acts as if it had to tap off a lot of money for the good of applicants. The latter I think not.
arrived at the hotel to wait for now. The nice employee from the HR with permanent grin and good-mood-attitude Although somewhat sympathetic, but I think it could happen to me so that after a certain time on my nerves. Perhaps that is also bolted on - for the candidates? Perhaps they can also quite 'normal' behavior and look at it not in any great love?
matter of taste.
I think I liked the most applicants. Everyone wants to work even in a great team with great colleagues with whom you prefer after a long day at work still goes to bed (around together - not each other-to sleep!).
The other 5! Employees who were present at the interview, but were all on it Supergut and got along well demonstrative ("With XXX I also like to hike and the XXX then I console every time his team lost once again we have-understand-our-supa-grins").
The whole thing was so obviously good and delicious that it was unrealistic again. Somehow ... But this may be my skepticism and current mood, which makes me think that.
any case, I could not tell me that 'Connect'. I'm not on the beep-beep-beep-ave-we-get-all-love-Level arrived. That would have on another day might work out better.
Well.
wait when the first I have you as my , Competitors' know. Everything is great man. Nothing to complain about. All visually impressive and a strong women's quota: 9 vs. second The two men were determined to funny to me. So many emancipated womankind at once ... The guy was way more quiet and simple. In addition, both went to the 30, while the girls were 22-25 years old.
The afternoon was then also found that all candidates were actually top. I think. All with at least a 6-month internship experience abroad and 10 and of course, additional commitment in the areas of X, XX and XXX.
So. Now to start.
A conference room, a table and 11 badges for the candidate who could be placed over the 6 employees. Then
have first presented the staff, the Agenda was launched and executed. Were planned in the confirmation email 3h - suddenly they were at the presentation of 3.5 hours and then finally it was still 4 hours. Well.
"Meltwater growing. Meltwater is expanding. Meltwater is offering new deals. We work hard at Meltwater. Meltwater employees should also have fun. X Meltwater was in Berlin last week in Shanghai and now heads the office in Paris. Y was ever happen to New York now leads the office in the area, including the NY office. Meltwater people are ambitious. Yay - I have just received a call that X, which I lead the contract got extended from its customers. At the meeting in Rio, we have ... "And so on.
all sound very good.
well?
Sort of.
me the whole thing has been skeptical, though they are with the info but handled openly. They have everything clearly and also not a secret that is a huge majority of the work on the line. Customer contact. Failure. Be ambitious and learn from mistakes. be efficient. It must be cut out
Meltwater week 15 test packets to potential companies. It's pretty neat, I think. Especially when you consider that you get information before the acquisition of a company needs to find a hanger, and thus to formulate a utilitarian argument for the company.
you think in words first by a company, look to whether the company is already processed / was will inform you of new company and find the link on the added value contacting the company and explain your service, then reject determined from 50% of the target company and the other send you the test suite. Power of 30 companies per week. Another 6 per day. So 120 per month. At - let's say 20 employees at one location does the 2400 firms that are contacted in a month how many companies are there at all?? At some point, but was already min each company. 1 times asked, right? Or you catch hold of C-class companies to ask to have the 80% not interested in your product ... Hm
Next to the "group interview". Company presentation took the 2h.
My seatmate who is somehow occurred to me initially unappealing, has reported quite often and has clever questions. The pressure on them. For them, it was definitely good. Respect. The plus points were in the meltwater.
was then a break's it for now. Opportunity to act nice to the staff. Something I can not. I'm not always right away-to-person-friendly, I think. The moment I felt at least not to be so. I felt the whole situation unpleasant and artificial. Also, I would rather eat pretzels.
No matter ...
After the break, candidates were then tuned to the action. Jeah. Geil. Supi. Degree but did not want to. Each
situated 3 minutes long should imagine and describe a situation in which the personality distinguished. One by one they presented then, and each was highly qualified, came across confident and blah.
me because I just thought, "Aha - and what should I tell those great" I have indeed been falling objects, but they were in comparison to the great achievements of others somehow not as supermegaa ... Then
- THE key moment of the day! - A bunny on a skateboard!
Hammer! The
is passed out on the square outside the hotel and since I had to grin and was briefly in a good mood. A bunny on a skateboard!! Genial!
the moment, I also used to me then to present a good mood to say forget the half, but so what ...
Then came a nasty task "So now you have even met each candidate and now we want to hear from you in English who would be the best manager and why."
Fuck.
but I can not remember everything ... The
next to me - the one that also has the 1000 questions asked - was good. But I do not call now ... Competition ... Prefer the other. But unfortunately I could not determine convincing with my arguments. "Maria would bet he best managers, mainly because she's sympathetic and has knowledge of international ... "Blub. Could have said just as well. Bernd the bread because it is so successful in the TV business is and has big eyes.
All other course had solid arguments that were not so emotionally charged, like mine. The emotional with the will has also shown again later in my blabla ... Certainly not good for sales. Well. Spontaneously I can not convince most rational. Bad luck.
Then There Were ne supi group task: In groups of 4, we should 3 criteria for the development of new location and consider a location where we would open an office.
As we discuss so 7 minutes (3.5 min in English, 3.5 min in German) are the umhergestreunt Meltwater and have made diligent non-representative co-wrote. Halloo? What can we can we get out of 7 minutes?? How quickly switches a candidate says something loud and fast when one is being watched by the meltwater. The yes. But otherwise?
Well, if my se, it would be necessary ...
The result was then presented "on a flip chart, if you will," and everyone should naturally say something.
All were great.
There was no one who has fallen out of the negative frame, or something ... top people dependent.
Some more conservative, the other (a woman Dusseldorf) more arrogant-ete-Petete and then something like me, who do not spontaneously radiates sympathy, but all so good, the melt-wow-ter News invited have. selected from 300 applicants, 120 telephone interviews in the last 26 of which even the 10 come in the individual interview which then 4. (I will not be there; P I already know).
then after the flip chart further action: discussion.
3 against 3
In the first duel was about e-books. The Some were the others were PRO CONTRA E-Books.
In the second duel was about Apple vs. Microsoft.
I was in the Microsoft team that I was not integrated at all at first. And, although we still had 1 minute ... So what aufgekritzelt quickly and then make up for debate. Since then my emotions got
argument part 2
I have reported with semi-rational stories written by my Macbook bad experiences. I would have to supplement with rational arguments, but I have only borderline way.
matter.
Bin eh not keen on the job.
And after that came a bonus task. Juhu. Supi. Welcome home.
"And now try us in a minute from one of your hobbies to inspire! "Laaangweilig.
That would be for me then actually been fitness studio, but then I have rather opted for Facebook that can be sold better, has more facets and has something to do with the Internet - as well as Meltwater - hehe - just pretend as if you want to convince more and more, even though one has doubts about the job and knows that one to find another position would create more fun!
In the end we should give more feedback to the Meltwater "Because we live on feedback and are constantly want to improve. "
Everything supa. You guys are great. Can we go now?
After the mega-message that would go my plans to go straight home to Karlsruhe thwarted almost "against 22 clock, we then contact you and tell you tomorrow if you're gone to the last 10" - we were released in a farewell ceremony.
means: hand-shaking with some of the people and "! You were really great, thank you for come here, we will get back" and 2 were each accompanied by a Meltwater the door.
?
WTF
? A Meltwater
brings two candidates in the door? Why? This is really a forced sympathy failed campaign, which went to the back.
I wanted to socialize with the other candidates and we are just torn apart and divided in 2 pair! Tss ... Stupid, I
have betrayed our door monitoring Meltwaterin that I had no hotel booked for the night, whereupon they just "Oh" and I said then add "but that is no problem FÜ ; r me one more thing to find. "
I was simply assumed that we get quite snappy decision, who is more and will not. And because the mail was that only "if necessary" the hotel expenses of max. 50 € will be taken over, I left out the part of the hotel and told me that if you get stuck, then you can hold still be free, if you still left alone in Zurich or right back driving.
Anyway, I'm sitting right now in train to KA. It is 21 clock and I still have no response from Meltwater.
But the answer I already know.
Because of my presence and fierce competition today, I am assuming that I will not be among the top 10. I am also not from stress with ner Search and Killing time in Zurich, but go home at once. A round of sympathy is not necessary. All great.
I will always prefer to work elsewhere. But
- Meltwater News would have definitely had its advantages. I had learned, for example, how to sell effectively! This can be more than welcome! And in workshops and training can learn even more useful. So, no need the VHS courses. Moreover, the prospects are there also really great! After a short time you can be Sales Manager and go somewhere to the far abroad. Net really bad. From
content was only brief mention: If you work more effectively earns more. At first probably did not doll. There was no mention of later.
Bottom Line: If you like phone sold, with colleagues like to make a best friend who likes to do office-self-organization, will later time abroad and can dispense with an attractive starting salary, which is right here.
I doubt, because: This
colleagues Hugging in the Novotel frame came across any dubious,
I will make not only office-self-organization - no matter what career stage - and besides, I am no service type. I want to sell products. What tangible. And brands and advertising stories - so what emotional.
I want.
If Meltwatis Call now and tell me afterwards: "Congratulations, you're in the Top 10!", Then I will be surprised first and then say, "Really? Great, I am happy! ". And then stop again tomorrow travel to Zurich to take the job if necessary.
Huh? Not understand? But
.
better to have a job than no job.
The job would look good on my resume and I would learn a great knowledge.
would be missing the what, would be the passion of the profession. Just all of it would be more forced than natural, but my - that's life. Can not be all 100% TOLL.
And when they tell me "Dear Deborah, unfortunately today it was not enough for you. You do not come in the Re-Recall. "
will then say" Oh, what a pity. "
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