Medium difficulty level.
Two levels of interview.
Phone interview and video call.
Phone interview was just informal one without technical questions.
2nd level had
Financial questions gave some scenarios to know how we managed prior job.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at CBRE (Minneapolis, MN) in May 2020
Interview
It was done via zoom with two interviewers. The questions were pretty generic and they never asked anything too specific - they asked me to describe my previous history and why I would like to work for CBRE.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time you went above and beyond what was expected
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at CBRE in May 2012
Interview
CBRE hires through Accountemps, cold calling off Monster/job boards, and applications. I was cold-called.
First is your typical phone-screen. Nothing tricky. Then you're invited in to an interview with who'll probably be your primary supervisor and another supervisor or above. For my position they asked the basic accounting questions, name a difficult experience, blah blah blah.
For REA, they did go "Well we don't expect you to know this, but what can you tell us about CAM?", which is Common Area Maintenance. I'd already interviewed for property accountant at another location, so the answer was easy.
Then you go take a computer test about your knowledge of Excel and basic accounting concepts. It's pretty simple.
If you pass that, then you get connected with their terrible, terrible contractor for backgrounds. They are horrible. They won't call some of your listings, they'll forgot to tell you when your drug test is, and whatnot. I found it's just easier to call your recruiter and work around the contractor.
