Unbelievably unprofessional process and for a company who’s aim is to enhance productivity it’s actually shocking how they waste candidates time. A role came up last year, which I applied for and had an interview with the Australian recruiter. We got along well, she told me she was going to arrange an interview with the line manager the following week, then completely ghosted me. Another role came up recently so applied again, got an email asking for me to confirm a time for another phone interview, did that, then got no phone call and ghosted again when I tried to make contact to figure out what was going on.
I’ve met other people who have had similar experiences and can see this has happened before from reading on here. For a company to be trying to build its brand in this territory they nee to act with more courtesy. I for one am now a detractor all because of a lazy and rude recruiter.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Slack in Jun 2019
Interview
I had the following:
Recruiter call
Hiring manager call
Take home case
Onsite interview
After the onsite interview, the recruiter never got back. I understand if they decided to not move forward with me but some feedback would have been appreciated as I spent time and energy into the process. This is not the type of behavior you expect from a company like Slack, especially in Bay Area.
The interactions with the hiring manager were also very passive and not welcoming at all. I don’t think I would have taken up the role even if I had made it through.
Overall impressions - maybe it was just this recruiter and hiring manager. Maybe it is a general trend in Slack. Not sure. However, mistreating potential employees is never a good idea.
Recruiter called from home, her reception was bad so she was breaking up during the call - she asked all the fundamentals about my experience, told me minimal about the role and when I asked how she liked the company, all she really said was everyone is very collaborative and she loves it here. She seemed uninterested in answering my questions and said will get back to me once she presents my profile to the hiring manager. Few weeks go by, still no reply. Unprofessional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you think your experiences can bring bring to the role?