Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at The Y (YMCA) as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Summer Camp Counsellor and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Summer Camp Counsellor and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at The Y (YMCA) takes an average of 30 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Summer Camp Counsellor had the quickest hiring process (on average 30 days), whereas Summer Camp Counsellor roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
I applied online. I interviewed at The Y (YMCA) (Minneapolis, MN) in Feb 2017
Interview
Panel interview with 6 people, all areas that the position will touch upon - areas like Finance, Compensation and such. Interview overall took a week and a half from initial phone interview to offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard interview questions. Application assessment is a bit long
The interview process was extremely smooth, I entered my soon to be bosses office and hit it off right away. Management wanted to see how well I could interact with strangers because that was the job essentially. The questions were
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at The Y (YMCA) (Westfield, NJ) in Apr 2013
Interview
Met with the director of camp to interview with. Wanted to get to know my personality mainly and asked scenario questions like "what would you do if..." Filled out a packet worth of documents and signing almost every page. Rather excessive, but when working at a nonprofit and with kids it makes sense. Process took over a month including reference checks, drug test, background check, and payroll.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Do you like working with kids? What do you like about them?