I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Ricoh in Jun 2011
Interview
Easy if you are good looking. If you are prepared and feel and sound confident you will get it. Be as arrogant as possible they like that. If you describe that you want to work 80 hours per week, pound the pavement, not take no for an answer you will get a job. Be prepared to make little or no money because the profit margins in this industry are low. If you like to drink alot take the job because you will need to.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Ricoh (Columbus, OH) in Feb 2015
Interview
I will never work for Ricoh simply because of their long and drawn out interview process. I was told it would be a three round process and got shifted around to two different office locations and got interviewed FIVE times before I just told them I was no longer interested. I got told the process would take three weeks, it took FOUR MONTHS. I interviewed with FIVE different people, it was as if they had no clue what was going on, and I had to explain myself and answer almost the same questions with each person EVERY SINGLE TIME, it was like they didn't care to communicate with each other at all (three from one office, two in another) about their candidates. Three out of five of my interviews were LATE by at least 15 minutes or more, I should have just walked out the second time it happened, but I gave them one more chance. I had to follow up multiple times with my recruiter to keep the managers on track, it was a horrible mess. Prepare for the worst with this company. Interview questions were on the fly as if they weren't even prepared for me at each one. Two times the manager's phone went off during my interview and in the middle of one of my answers he STOPPED me to answer it, and talked on the phone in front of me!
VERY unprofessional people here, they don't care about you as an individual, they know their sales roles have high turnover. If this is the impression Ricoh gives to their candidates, then it's best to run away as fast as you can.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most questions were pulled out of thin air (name three strengths/weaknesses, etc), and very very unoriginal. Very corporate-type generic questioning. Prepare to repeat yourself numerous times as their managers don't bring anything to take notes on you.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Ricoh (Lisle, IL) in May 2011
Interview
I had one phone interview with a recruiter and then 1 face to face interview with the hiring manager and received a call two days later with offer. Very conversational interview.