The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Clean Water Action (Washington, DC) in Jul 2010
Interview
Found ad on craigslist which sent me to their website to apply. Had to put in basic information like why I wanted to work for an environmental organization. Later received a (screening) phone call from the office manager asking what made me interested in the position and this is important to be able to answer "What is an environmental issue that is important to you." as long as you can give a reasonable well spoken answer you will get the interview. There is a 1:1 interview with the director in which you will be evaluated not on what you say but how you conduct yourself in the interview. Make good eye contact and act confident and you will land the observation day (2nd round interview) which you will be evaluated on how you perform doing door to door canvassing in the field. Just use the things you were taught and be very teachable and excited to be hired. After that you will be put into a rigorous training program in which you will need to meet certain minimums to stay in training and quotas to make staff and have a secure position with the organization.
It consisted of an Initial interview (around 30 minutes) on zoom and then in-person trial run. Here I walked around with a current employee and was shown the ropes before getting to try the job myself.
I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Clean Water Action (Providence, RI) in Mar 2023
Interview
Vague job description for "Public Health Internship" did not describe a canvassing role wherein you travel various distances going door-to-door using strong sales tactics in rotating locations after dark. I was told you would eventually be doing this independently, and your partners/teammates would be in other areas within some proximity but not directly with you. This could be incredibly dangerous for anybody, but especially any marginalized people. I was driven an hour away from Providence, RI, to shadow the canvassing, and if I did well, I could begin canvassing, for which I would receive a stipend. The initial travel and shadowing did not appear to be eligible for compensation. Everyone seemed nice but the job description for this role was far too vague.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Initial phone interviews and then in-person interviews involved shadowing the role and being able to experience day-to-day work as a canvasser.
Get backed to you very quickly and do a short Skype interview asking questions about your interests and why you’d be a good fit, followed by short explanation of what they do.
