ESPN's "BottomLine"

[ThatGuy]

ESPN, Voorhees, NJ
Passionate about professional team sports?
Consider turning your passion into a CAREER!

ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports, is looking for people with diverse backgrounds, education, experience, and elite-level knowledge of professional team sports.
Consider some of these exciting opportunities…
• Real-time scoring and statistics for pro and college
sports, including Next-Level statistics
• Writing, editing, and managing headline bulletins in
support of ESPN's "BottomLine"
• Researchers ensuring accuracy of live news-and-information for shows such as “SportsCenter”

There are opportunities for all levels of experience, from entry level to seasoned professional.

If you are interested in an internship or full-time position, we’d love to hear from you!

Send your resume, phone number, and a description of your sports knowledge to:
[email protected]

Link:

http://jobs.lostremote.com/job/107babfd6591f9a66af9c14bed929e83/?d=1&source=site_home

 

[Igor in CT]

ESPN has an entity in south Jersey near Philly??

 

[ThatGuy]

Maybe you have to be 'made' into the family? 8) ..sorry

 

[NESportsGuy]

Any clue what the pay range would be on this one? Sounds somewhat interesting.

 

[seravaf]

I would kill myself.

 

[Mark2010]

Funny. Just got through the process of applying for a position that sounded very much like this one. Did the phone interviews,the sports knowledge questionnaire, etc. About a month ago, got a two sentence email saying they had eliminated that position (with a job reference number).

Maybe they reconsidered.

I'm questioning whether the pay and/or amount of work would be enough to live off, however.

 

[mustangj17]

Funny. Just got through the process of applying for a position that sounded very much like this one. Did the phone interviews,the sports knowledge questionnaire, etc. About a month ago, got a two sentence email saying they had eliminated that position (with a job reference number).

Maybe they reconsidered.

I'm questioning whether the pay and/or amount of work would be enough to live off, however.

Interviewed for a similar position for 9 months. Tests, interviews etc... then I got a call a month ago. Hiring freeze. Thanks ass holes.

 

[Shaggy]

I cannot imagine that job paying anything worth a ****.

 

[RickStain]

I cannot imagine that job paying anything worth a ****.

A large portion of the compensation is non-monetary, i.e. the right to say you work for ESPN and impress people dumb enough to be impressed by it.

Otherwise, yeah...

 

[Mark2010]

So it's basically like an internship, eh? OK, fine when I was 25.

Reminds me of a post I saw recently for what seemed like a great job: SID for a college ice hockey team, along with a few other sports. Read all through the job posting, got semi-excited. Got to the last line: $11,500 for 10 months, no benefits. Aw, ****!!

 

[DanOregon]

Since when do ESPN job listings require exclaimation points?

 

[Igor in CT]

This sounds a lot like Ticker when the WWL had a hand in it. $7 an hour to start, but the cachet of saying you worked for them. And if you asked for more money, an exec would take you into his office, show you a folder bulging with resumes and remind you where your place was.

"We have hundreds who want to work here if you don't," sounds vaguely like "There are children in [insert third-world country here] would do anything to have those vegetables you're not eating."

 

[lm0406910]

From the running talk, it seems that this isn't a wanted job, but i want a job like this. I have a phone interview with ESPN next week and was wondering if any has had a phone interview with them and what it would consist of?

 

[mustangj17]

From the running talk, it seems that this isn't a wanted job, but i want a job like this. I have a phone interview with ESPN next week and was wondering if any has had a phone interview with them and what it would consist of?

If it is anything like the process I went through, it is going to be a unique first interview.

My first interview, they called at 9 p.m. on a Saturday night. I was just about to walk into the bar. The guy asked me about five questions. First was to name the last 8 Heisman winners, and their schools, in order. Then he asked me to name five L.A. Lakers not named Kobe, and also asked me how to calculate E.RA.

I got all the questions right, except for the life of me, I could not think of Jason White's name. I referred to him as the guy from Oklahoma with two bad knees who never made it in the NFL. That was good enough for them.

The next day they sent me a 100-something question test that was timed. It took 45 minutes. If I didn't send it back within that time it was an automatic zero. It was kind of a *****, a lot of busy work, but it was easy - other then the stress that came with making sure you were in the time limit.

I ended up saving a copy of the test, and checked the results over the next couple of days, and concluded I did really well. I still didn't end up hearing back from them for about four months.

Out of the blue, one of the stats associates called and started interviewing me. The interview was about 30 minutes long. Spent about five minutes saying how cool ESPN was, five minutes was me explaining my background and why I wanted to work there, and the next 20 minutes we spent talking about the NFL: Brett Favre, the 2008 Draft, the Patriots, how dumb Matt Millen was... and the Dolphins quarterback situation. It was fun, like talking to one of my buddies. I had a really good feeling.

I didn't hear back for another few months, when finally, in October I started calling the hiring manager. She never responded. So after about another month of waiting (7 month interview process so far) I called once a week asking her to please call me back. She finally did, but was pissy and said I called to much, I politely said I just wanted to know what was going on because I had been interviewing so for so long. She set up an interview for the next week.

When she called she was 15 minutes late. She was in a pissy mood. Cut me off on all my answers and was not in the mood to hear me give explanations for her questions. It really rattled me because I had done so well to this point - and I knew this was the last step before an in-person interview. I still did alright, all things considered, but judging by how quickly she tried to get me off the phone and how short she was, I knew I was toast.

Two months passed and she called to tell me that ESPN was having a hiring freeze.

So, in essence, **** ESPN, they can blow me. I will never apply there again.

 

[Suicide Squeezer]

What a ridiculous hiring process. They really must think they're the CIA or something.

 

[DCguy]

Got this e-mail a little bit ago after doing the same exact **** as Mustang ...

Hello!

Stats & Analysis is catching up with candidates for a potential Statistics Associate opening at ESPN. This is an entry-level job, and the pay grade begins in the mid-$20,000 range.

Are you still interested in being considered for the position? If not, please respond to this e-mail or call me at the number below. If so, the next stage of the process is three 20- or 30-minute phone conversations with S&A managers. I am eager to hear your status and to find out your availability to speak with us as soon as possible. Please let me know what time ranges (3- to 6-hour blocks are great) you're available to chat beginning Thursday, May 21, through Tuesday, May 26.

I look forward to hearing from you and/or speaking with you.

 

[Gutter]

Got this e-mail a little bit ago after doing the same exact **** as Mustang ...

Hello!

Stats & Analysis is catching up with candidates for a potential Statistics Associate opening at ESPN. This is an entry-level job, and the pay grade begins in the mid-$20,000 range.

Are you still interested in being considered for the position? If not, please respond to this e-mail or call me at the number below. If so, the next stage of the process is three 20- or 30-minute phone conversations with S&A managers. I am eager to hear your status and to find out your availability to speak with us as soon as possible. Please let me know what time ranges (3- to 6-hour blocks are great) you're available to chat beginning Thursday, May 21, through Tuesday, May 26.

I look forward to hearing from you and/or speaking with you.

I hope it was more than a little bit ago.

 

[Blogtastic]

I've applied for this exact crap twice (I was given the same exact five-question sports quiz both times - last five Heisman winners, calculate ERA, two non-Kobe Lakers) and nothing's ever come of it. Screw them.

 

[Double J]

Maybe you have to be 'made' into the family? 8) ..sorry

I have to confess, I don't get good vibes from "family" and "Voorhees"......

 

[lm0406910]

I started with a guy from a recruiting firm and now got someone for ESPN, so this phone call should be interesting