Overall the process went fine. Had an initial interview with a recruiter and a short second interview. I was then tasked with an assignment/ project. After I submitted the project I did not hear from them. I reached out to follow up and was told they moved forward with someone else. I did not receive any feedback regarding my interviews or project.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Slack (Dublín, Dublín) in Dec 2020
Interview
The process is very complete. They will do HR screening, hiring manager interview, 90 minutes on your career progression to understand you deeply and a final presentation on different subjects.
In fact, it is a very demanding process, but the bright side of that is that doing this way they protect the company's culture and keep the bar high.
Also the recruiting team was always very responsive and close to me during the entire process, plus the feedback they gave me before the last interview was really helpful to my success.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did you pick this course in University? Why did you choose this as your career?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Slack
Interview
1) phone screen with recruiter via recruiter outbounding efforts to me on LinkedIn; she was very upbeat and positive, enjoyed our conversation and it felt much more fun than the typical phone screen
2) interview with 2 hiring managers at once - this was a real bummer because I was very excited about interviewing with Slack and I felt that one individual didn’t like me right off the bat/came off a bit cynical or lower energy while I naturally clicked really well with the other. I actually suspected this could happen based on reviewing their LinkedIns, but I tried to stay positive and energetic and not let it get to me. It’s really a bummer because had I had 1:1 interviews with them, instead of trying to interview with both styles at once (especially as I would only report to one of them, not both), I may have done better. I asked for next steps at the end and they said they needed to “circle up internally,” never good!
Sent personalized thank you and follow-up notes to both of them and as expected, got a reply from the one who I think liked me and nothing from the other. Got an automated notice about a week later that I wasn’t moving forward - I figured as much!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard questions, but expect a lot of follow-up questions with each answer. How do you qualify? How do you dig for pain? What are you looking for? What kind of deal cycle are you looking for?