I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at AT&T (Atlanta, GA) in Aug 2013
Interview
First round interview - typical phone interview. Asks about resume, why you want to work at the company, etc.
Second Round - Web Cam interview. Behavioral-based interview. Will ask the same question worded differently 3-4 times (I believe it was something along the lines of "How do you handle stressful situations with employees, customers, etc.). Just have a lot of examples.
Third Round - Web cam role play. This is a simulation of sales calls. First customer will be nice, friendly. She is switching to AT&T for some basic business package. Upsell her to a better package. Easy.
Second customer - You are designed to fail this one. The man, my customer, called and said that he would be without service for days so he was going to switch back to his old service. It's your job to try to convince him to stay. The important thing to remember is to remain calm, pleasant, and try to help as much as possible. Eventually, he hung up on me but I remained persistent in trying to keep his business. Before our call ended, I explained that I would talk to my superior and make sure that there would be some solution we could find that would remedy the situation, then asked if it would be alright if I called him back.
I received a call later that day with an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you handle stressful situations? How do you handle difficult employees?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at AT&T
Interview
Hiring involved submitting an application/resume through the HR team. Second step was taking an aptitude test for technical qualifications. The third step was a phone interview that asked for specific examples of situations one had faced in working with customers in difficult or supportive circumstances. The offer was made after the phone interview if the HR representative felt you fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No unexpected questions, just needed to be sure to have specific examples of interactions with customers. For example, describe a situation where you had to deal with an irate/angry customer and how you handled it.