Brief powerpoint presentation followed by a psychometric test and quick interview asking questions like Why do you want to work here, Where do you see yourself in 5 years time, Why media sales.

Applied by post and was accepted to first round interview. Short Presentation by them followed and then they asked us (roughly 12) to take a personality test - all very simple. The five minute interview that followed was fine apart from the interviewer cutting me off at almost every point. Questions asked: Why Conde Nast? Which of our publications do you read? Are you really interested in Media Sales? Where else did you apply? I was invited back for a second interview. They like to do it in quick succession and I believe they invited many of us back for second interviews as I saw interviewee's that I recognized either before or after me. The interview was completely bizarre. Questions asked: What is your first childhood memory What was your first day of primary school like How was the transition from primary to secondary school? What clubs did you attend/ extra curricular/ activities involved in How was it going from a small school to a big one? Were you close to your sister? I was expecting competency based questions or at least questions related to my CV and achievements to date/ degree. I'm not sure entirely what her intention was but I would guess that it was an attempt to gauge my popularity and how malleable I was. To me it seemed somewhat unrelated to the job.