Penguin Random House interview questions
Updated Jun 3, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 10%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%RecruiterRecruiter
- 3%OtherOther
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
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Penguin Random House interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Penguin Random House as 44.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.61 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Publicist and Finance Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Director and Sales Coordinator roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Penguin Random House takes an average of 59 days when considering 18 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Sales Coordinator had the quickest hiring process (on average 21 days), whereas Designer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Penguin Random House according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 32%
One on one interview: 28%
Phone interview: 8%
Other: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Editorial Assistant(50) ;
- Editor(33) ;
- Intern(29) ;
- Editorial Intern(25) ;
- Designer(21) ;
- Publicity Assistant(21) ;
- Marketing Assistant(20) ;
- Publicity Intern(15) ;
- Assistant Editor(13) ;
- Director(13) ;
- Senior Designer(13) ;
- Manager(12) ;
- Graphic Designer(11) ;
- Marketing Coordinator(11) ;
- Author(10) .
