I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Slack
Interview
I would agree with a lot of other reviews here. Recruiting team didn't have any details about the role or really any information at all. They seem to be going through the motions and collecting data to pass along. The recruiter I dealt with was very fake and full of canned responses that were not genuine like- good luck to you in the future, we wish you the best, it was so nice getting to know you and your work history. The ironic part of it was she didn't learn anything about me or my approach to my role. We went through my career with little understanding of what I acutally did. She was only waiting for keywords to pass along.
30 minute phone screen with a very friendly recruiter, then a 45 minute video interview with the hiring manager. Recruiter was very nice and encouraging but the hiring manager was very stuck up and tired when he interviewed me. He didn't really want to interview me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a challenge you faced in the past year and how did you go about solving it?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Slack (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2018
Interview
The interview process was similar to others I've had, but definitely better than most of the other companies I interviewed with. I had a phone call with the recruiter who reached out to me via email, then a call with the hiring manager, then a take-home exercise (to be completed in one week), and then an onsite!
What I loved about the interview process was that I thought it was challenging but incredibly fair. The take-home exercise is something I was able to complete but wasn't a walk-in-the-park. I do remember thinking how incredibly thoughtful the exercise was structured, because it touched on so many relevant web-development topics. I really enjoyed working on it.
After finishing the exercise, I was invited onsite and interviewed with 4 different people. Two interviews were technical, and two were more conversational. Part of the onsite interview involves doing a code review of your own assessment, which I really enjoyed.
Another wonderful thing about my interview process was that my panel was 50-50 male-female, which has never happened before and I've done quite a few onsites! Overall, I had a great interview experience and felt that my recruiter was preparing me the best she could and that she really advocated for me as a candidate. It means a lot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Web-development questions, but I don't want to share specifics.