I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Slack (Melbourne) in Oct 2019
Interview
The interview process is horrendous. If this was my company, I would be really upset and embarrassed in the way they handle candidates. Duplicate calls asking the same information, then missed calls too. It took forever then you get some generic 'thanks but no thanks' email. Really messy and unprofessional.
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Slack
Interview
I applied online and it was about 2-3 weeks before I heard back from anyone. There was a phone screen that followed quickly, then about another 2 weeks until a manager phone screen. This was followed by an in-person interview with the manager and director. This interview was a review of my previous experience and roles starting with the roles I had in college. After that was a presentation that I was prepped for by the recruiter. Following the presentation, I was asked for references and then presented with an offer.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What would your prior managers (in every single role on your resume) say about you?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Slack (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
I did not apply -- a recruiter cold called me to talk about the role. I had an initial phone screen with the recruiter and was passed on to a phone interview with the hiring manager. The hiring manager was late for our call. Once on the phone, she told me about her experience, the role, and then asked me a few questions about my background and why I wanted to work at Slack. The last part was a timed editing test, which needed to be emailed to me then sent back in an hour. We agreed to a day and time over the weekend for me to do it, but the hiring manager never sent it at said day and time. She responded to my emails the following Monday, sent me the test and told me to send it back whenever I could.
That was the last I heard from them. A few days after completing the editing test, I followed up with the hiring manager directly to see if the position was still open and whether I was still being considered, but no response. About a week later, I emailed the recruiter asking the same thing, but she also did not respond.
If you cold call someone and start them through the process, it's very unprofessional to then go MIA, especially after multiple emails from the candidate for a follow up. Very poor candidate experience.
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