It was Easy than my expectations. Most of the questions were like "tell me about a time" questions in which they expected STAR format responses. It was followed by Basic SQL and programming coding interview.
The interview itself was fine, but I was later told they were no longer hiring for the position and looking for someone with more experience. Which ended up being a waste of time for all parties.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Glassdoor in Dec 2020
Interview
WAY TOO LONG. 7 interviews in total and the entire process took a month. Granted, this way partly due to Glassdoor closing for Christmas and the entire week of New Year’s. From the feedback I received from the recruiter, “They highly valued your perspective and skill set and feel very comfortable working with you...”, but yet there was no urgency to get an offer to me.
I made it perfectly clear to the recruiter that I was not relocating from the east coast to the west, and I was assured that it was not a problem. However, every single interviewer grilled me about working remotely and time zone differences, so I had to keep reassuring them I wasn’t a bad person despite having worked remotely for 8+ years.
I had two interviews with one person and BOTH TIMES he asked the same questions about working remotely and time zone differences. DURING AN INTERVIEW, he was looking at the meeting schedules and asking me if I minded late meetings since changing the flow of the current team wouldn’t allow certain meetings to be rescheduled. Even after repeatedly saying it’s not a problem, it kept being harped on.
After all of my interviews were complete, I had 1.5 weeks to think about Glassdoor as an employer. My current employer is also on the west coast and my position is very flexible and I don’t have to work late into my evenings to cater to people on the west coast. Also there was an air of mistrust in every interviewer I talked to, something I do not have to deal with in my current position.
It was an easy choice to pass on Glassdoor because of the mistrust and micromanagement I saw during the interview process, not to mention the dragging of the feet on getting an offer to me.
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Question 1
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again asked me to explain remote working and time zone differences.