I applied online. I interviewed at Hilton in Aug 2014
Interview
August 18- Submitted my resume to Hilton Worldwide
August 20- Receive an email from a "Client Recruitment Specialist" asking for my availability for a phone interview. I reply within an hour with times over the next couple days.
August 21- Over 24 hours have passed since I sent my availability reply to the recruiter. I haven't gotten a reply yet. I send a follow-up email to her.
August 22- She finally replies back in the morning saying she'll call me at 1:30. 1:30 comes, 1:30 goes. I get no call. I send an email to her asking if we should reschedule.
August 26- She sends me another email asking what my availability is for that week. I reply.
August 29- Still haven't heard back. I send another followup email. She never replies.
The whole process was surprisingly unprofessional for such a large international company. The recruiter's actions showed little respect for my time and effort.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Hilton (Dallas, TX)
Interview
I was contacted by a corporate recruiter on LinkedIn. I had one or two interview screenings with the recruiter, and was then invited for an in-person interview. Before the interview, I had to prepare a case study based on information sent to me by the recruiter - I had about two days to prepare. The in-person interview consisted of a group meeting with several other candidates, and then a series of 2-on-1 breakout interviews with different members of the team. It was an elimination process. I made it to the final round and presented my case study to a small group of interviewers. The whole process took about 2 1/2 hours. I got the job offer about 3 days later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was not a lot of time to prepare for the case study, and it was a lot of information to process.