I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Public Outreach Fundraising (Calgary, AB) in Apr 2016
Interview
I applied online and was contacted within a week for a brief phone interview, it was a very relaxed casual interview and was not formal at all, after I admitted I was not able to come in for a second interview until next month she got very agitated and rude with me.
I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Public Outreach Fundraising (Los Angeles, CA) in May 2013
Interview
I was recruited off of the street, a young man took my information, and the recruiters call me about four days later to set up an interview. I was told that casual dress was fine. It was supposed to be a group interview, but I was the only one who showed; so it was done one-on-one with the HR person. I was called about an hour later to start an evaluation period the following Monday. The first day, there is a training meeting. At that meeting you find out what organization you will fund raising for and will get a script to memorize. Once the script is memorized (hopefully by the next day) you have to recite it to your supervisor before they will let you public fund raise on the street. You have four days to sign up monthly donors in an evaluation period to be hired or "staff." If you don't accomplish that you might be given more time to "staff."
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Before you get interviewed, you fill out an application. A couple of questions on the ap were "Why should we hire you?," "Why do you want to work for the company, and "Are there any organizations you would feel uncomfortable fundraising for."
Group interview; everybody says something about themselves and we hear about the company, public outreach, their policies, what the work is like, goals, partnerships and so on and then about the company we are going to represent (in my case Amnesty International). Close-up consisted of individual talks in a secluded room.