I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Slack (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2019
Interview
The whole process was about 6 weeks from initial contact to onsite interview. The process consisted of application, initial recruiter screen call, hiring manager phone screen, VP phone screen, then onsite interview.
Within the interview, there was a quick modeling exercise and presentation and then proceeding with 5 30-min interviews with the team.
Overall questions/comments revolved around technical, behavioral, and some abstract questions to get a gist of thought process and methodology.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have two strings that do not burn at uniform rates; how would you determine 30 seconds.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Slack (Toronto, ON) in Dec 2018
Interview
1. Casual call from a recruiter
2. Written exercise
3. Casual call from manager of Live Support department
4. In office interview - written exercise
5. In office interview - future coworker - icebreakers
6. In office interview - other office managers - personality assessment, work history
7. In office interview - casual chat with manager's manager and brief tour of office
8. In office interview - chat with manager of department
9. . In office interview - casual call to recruiter
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a time dealing with a coworker in a difficult situation.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Slack
Interview
Overall experience was quite good for a pre IPO company on a hiring spree in a competitive market. Applied online and received the call within a few days. The recruiter provided a good overview of expectations for the role and also asked some actual management questions for vetting. Went quiet for a month after that and I reached out to them again. Got immediate response from recruiter and was set up with a call with HM within a few days. Call with HM went very well - honestly one of the best interview experiences for me. Was called in for onsite the following week. I thought the onsite went quite well as well, consisted of 8 member panel of directors, senior managers, senior eng and recruiter. Questions were well crafted, nothing out of the ordinary, interviewers took lots of notes !! Slack is VERY focused on hiring people who keep things human and empathetic, which explains the high satisfaction ratings from employees. My take on EM aligned nicely with their expectations. Got the call from recruiter two days later that things went well and feedback with be sent to hiring committee. Had to wait two days to hear back from HC and offer was made the following day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you react to a production outage situation ?