The hiring process at Cars.com takes an average of 3 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Associate Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 3 days), whereas Associate Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 3 days).
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Very simple interview process for sales.One phone call with the recruiter then one with management. After that you get a decision. The decision took about a week to hear back from the recruiter.
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Cars.com in Feb 2025
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Five+ rounds of interviews just for them to pull the position off the market completely. Interviews were standard with each person except the last person wanted it to be a conversation, so we talked candidly.
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Kept asking me if I actually wrote my own content across each interview. Also had me do an extensive writing sample and video sample. Ultimately, I was told that they decided not to hire either candidate (myself and one other person) because they were going to start the entire process over. I gave it a good run, I suppose.
Debugging web page, general behavioral questions -- pretty easy. Study up on flexbox, HTML and CSS. Round 1 is your typical HR call, while Round 2 is a bit more technical. Conceptual, nothing crazy difficult.
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Flexbox, CSS, HTML, going through resume, why you want to work here