data.world (TX) Interview Questions
& Process

The whole interview thing took about 5 weeks. It kicked off with a recruiter chat, then the hiring manager, then a VP and CRO, and finally some peer interviews. Each interview was about 45 to 90 minutes. After interview #6 (with two people), I just got an email saying I wasn't moving forward. Honestly, after that many interviews (over 6 hours of my time total), a phone call would've been better than an email to let me know. It also makes me wonder if it really took that many interviews to decide I wasn't a good fit – seemed like it would have been clear much sooner. If I had advanced, I would have had to do a presentation on a topic they chose, which is a big red flag for me. It feels like a way for companies to get free work out of candidates, maybe even using ideas without hiring or paying them. Candidates should never agree to this.

It was a pretty standard interview process, but they really nailed every part of it. I started with a chat with HR over the phone, then had another video call with the hiring manager. After that, there were four more video calls with different team members. Everyone I spoke with seemed ready for our chats and genuinely seemed to like the role and were excited about it. They asked good questions and were happy to answer mine. The whole thing wrapped up with a 20-25 minute presentation to the same team members I'd met earlier. Because I had spoken with them before and they were open to my questions, I felt like I knew what was going on and what they were looking for in the presentation.

This was by far the craziest interview process I have ever been a part of. The recruiter I was working with throughout this process was painfully disorganized. Everything from calling me by another candidate’s name in emails sent to me, not responding to my follow up email for over a week and a half, to finally reaching out to schedule the last round presentation via email but never confirming the time with me until she called the evening before asking if I was ready for an hour long onsite the following day! All of this left a very sour taste in my mouth. There were just too many red flags to count here, and I very eagerly accepted an offer elsewhere

The phone screen and the first round of interviews afterward were done by the same person at two different times which makes it redundant. After the final interview, they said that I was not a good culture fit. Two months later, they reached back out asking if I were still interested in the job. I responded showing interest and followed up a couple of times. I got ghosted.