Bizarre experience from start to end. With a company value called ‘Deel Speed’ you would expect them to actually want to move with some haste… which is not the case. Had to constantly chase the entire process to get the next steps after each successful interview as follow-ups were non-existent.
Process consisted of 3 video interviews which were generally good and were interesting informal chats.
Final interview was a case study task which was quite honestly the worst I’ve ever been a part of. Poorly written to what they actually wanted and about a hypothetical situation in a company that has nothing in common with Deel or the job role I was interviewing for. The interviewers showed little interest and couldn’t wait to get off the call.
Lots of red flags along the way (see recent Deel news) which makes me think I dodged a bullet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have been given the hypothetical role of Product Manager at Zapier (https://zapier.com/).
Your mission is to explore introducing the ability to onboard new users faster and drive higher adoption by migrating existing workflows or mapping new automation opportunities.
Over the first 60 min:
Investigate ways to discover opportunities for someone who has just created a new Zapier account. On the call we would like to hear, as the PM, how would you approach this problem, what items would you target and why. How would you achieve success? It would be great if you can provide your results in a form of a shareable google docs of notes. Please focus on the content and not on the format.
For the next part of the task, please join the second meeting invite in your calendar where you'll be able to present your solution. During this meeting you'll be challenged and asked questions around your findings.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Deel in Jun 2026
Interview
The first screening call was pretty straight forward. But the second one was very messy. The interviewer taught that I was a client and was completely zoned out. His focus was not with the interview.
He didn't mention the purpose of the call, didn't talk about the position itself. He said he is going over questions on the screen and there is a scorecard. There wasn't genuine interest, so I felt like I would get rejected afterwards, as there wasn't any mindful listening to what I was saying. He assumed some things instead of clarifying them. He looked bored from the moment he joined the call :D
7 rounds of interviews, with a case study solving a live problem. Confirmed that I cleared all the rounds, got me to give them 2 references. Then suddenly went quiet, and came back saying they gave the offer to someone who took the role at a more junior position
Phone screening, hiring manager, case interviews. All pretty straight forward with no trick question. Went through CV and experience as well as motivations for the role. Talked about relevant experiences to the role requirements.
