As an NBC Universal IMLP, my interview process differed slighlty from other businesses.

Upon going to the career fair at Syracuse University (GO ORANGE!!) and landing the first of three - yes three - interviews, I actually had no idea, or intention for that matter, that I could join the IMLP program at NBCU.

I had initially thought that I wanted to work somewhere in Research and Development because of my interest in emerging technologies.

After a 45 minute behavoral based interiew (i.e. the dreaded "describe a time where..." type questions)
on SU's campus, I was handed a paper that listed the GE businesses and locations. My next step was to circle my top 5 choices.

And there, sitting on top like an eagle on a perch overlooking the forest was NBC Universal. So naturally I made that my top choice.

After the on campus interview I was told I would hear from them within 2 months about a followup or not. Turned out two days later I got a phone call asking me when I would like to schedule a phone interview with NBC Universal within the next few days.

Surprised, excited, and extremely nervous I scheduled and took my phone interview ASAP. It was about 10 minutes long and was based off of background questions, similar to a "verbal resume."

One week later, I was told that NBCU would like to fly me accross the country for the final stage of (more intense) inteviews.

The day of the interviews we first presented ourselves in front of the other candidates as well as HR. Next, we were broken up and sent to five different interviews back to back and a backlot tour of Universal Studios to break them up.

All five interviews were behavioral based and tended to overlap on content- which is both good and bad, because if you tell two slightly different stories to the interviewers they probably would get suspicious.

Either way, after a total of 7 interviews, 1 free trip to California with dinner and tours included, and a whole lot of thank you emails, I was back in Syracuse cringing at the fact I would have to wait another few weeks before I knew how things went.

Which in my opinion is worse then the interviews themselves.