I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HelloFresh (Berlín) in Jan 2018
Interview
First interview is with HR, to figure out if the candidate is proper cultural fit, and you tackle a salary and relocation.
Second step is doing a home test, for which an applicant has several days to do (takes couple of hours to do).
Third step is a technical interview, on site if possible, or online face to face conversation.
Final step is an interview with CTO, who basically hand picks everyone with friendly and tricky questions.
Everyone is very friendly, but also super professional, so don't expect anything, but expect everything.
Advice: just be yourself, that's always the best.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's your biggest failure and/or biggest success.
Phone interview, technical test, in-person interview.
Unfortunately, my initial good experience with Hello Fresh was soured by their lack of follow-up. After my interview, I contacted them a few times over a period of a month and got no reply. What makes this worse is that the recruiter I was in contact with assured me I would get feedback and would hear from them either way, that "they're good at following up with candidates."
After spending hours speaking with them and completing their test, the LEAST they could do is spent 2 minutes sending a mass e-mail to rejected candidates to let them know.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is something you would change about HelloFresh?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HelloFresh (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2018
Interview
I applied late December and then heard back a few weeks later. Had a phone call with HR, then an in-person interview with someone from HR and Customer Service. They seemed friendly enough. But some of the questions seemed designed to trick you, which seems counter-intuitive if you want to hire people. They asked what I knew about the competitors, so I told them I didn't know much because I hadn't had a chance to use the service and they implied that if I'd actually googled the company, I would have seen the ads. Of course I googled them, I went for an interview! They also seemed unimpressed that I wasn't a master chef.
Then I spoke to someone more senior who seemed very cold. I tried to have a bit of a human conversation but she just fired questions at me none stop. Most of which amounted to the same thing: what are you passionate about / what gets you out of bed in the morning / what motivates you.
Anyway, they said they'd let me know in a few days. A week later, I hadn't heard back. So I reached out to the HR rep who completely ignored me.
I find this company incredibly unprofessional. It's common courtesy to at least send a generic "we went with someone else" email when you've got to the final round of interviews.