I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Point Blank Music School (London, England) in July 2025
Interview
The first part of the interview was with the CEO and Acting Head of Marketing. This was a brief, preliminary meeting for 30mins which was essentially a pre-interview.
The second stage of the process was a 3 hours online test:
The third part of the interview was in two sections. The first part was a 45 minute face to face panel interview. The second part was a written test with no internet connection and the organisation asked to take my mobile phone away from me for the duration of the test. This was a very unusual request.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
As part of your interview today, we'd like you to tackle a written exercise covering several specific, job-related questions. You will have 90 minutes in a quiet room with no internet or phone access. Please draft your answers in Microsoft Word, then save the document on this computer's desktop. Good luck.
1. Data-analysis task
Please review the accompanying Excel file
In your opinion, what are the top 10 take-outs from this marketing data?
What 5 actions would you take as a result of this data?
What 5 additional reports would you like to see to better inform your decisions alongside this data?
2. Recruitment-cycle
List and briefly explain the critical milestones in pointblank's Higher-Education recruitment calendar, covering both direct applications and the UCAS cycle. For each date or stage, note briefly why it matters for marketing or admissions activity.
3. Staff scenario
Scenario: One of the Social Media Executives has missed two campaign deadlines this month, quality checks show repeated copy errors, and peers feel they are "coasting". Describe the step-by-step approach you would take to address this-balancing policy compliance, team morale and individual support.
4. Strategic brand partnerships
Name two external brands or organisations you believe pointblank should partner with in the coming year to accelerate HE-student growth. For each partner:outline a headline campaign or activation, state the primary objective, and list any KPIs you would track to monitor success.
I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Point Blank Music School in May 2025
Interview
20 minute vibe-check intro interview which went well. Second stage was a test which had to be sent at a specific time during working hours, the test took 2 hours to complete, with five sections requiring a full data report, strategic insights, as well as content ideas for paid ads. Due to the time requested by PB I had to take an unpaid afternoon off from my current job to complete the work within their schedule. The test was designed to extract the maximum number of insights from the GA4 and Google ads data that had been provided. I completed all five sections and the test was unpaid. Following this I did not hear back from PB for another seven weeks until they emailed to say that; although I had "performed well", another candidate had been offered the role. Unprofessional communication from PB hr who responded with a generic email, offering no feedback at all on the work submitted.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Point Blank Music School
Interview
Good, Very nice and polite people. Good interview process. I was not selected but got good reviews and feedback from them.Good, Very nice and polite people. Good interview process. I was not selected but got good reviews and feedback from them
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How was your day and what are the new things that you are learning