Ekata Interview Questions
& Process

I applied online through LinkedIn, and after two days, a recruiter emailed me to set up a brief call. During the phone screen, we talked about my background and sales abilities. The recruiter then said she wanted me to speak with the hiring manager. I set up a call a few days later with the manager. We covered similar topics: my experience, my interest in Whitepages (now Ekata), etc., and they asked good questions to see if I was engaged. At the end of the hiring manager call, he said they'd be in touch, and I soon got an email from the recruiter to schedule an in-person interview. This interview is about 4-5 hours long, involving quick meetings with several people from the company who want to get to know you better professionally. About halfway through, there's a role-play phone call where you act as if you're doing the job you're applying for -- you'll handle a sales call from a made-up company, discuss their issues, and recommend a product. After the in-person interview, the recruiter asked for three professional references, and I got the job offer a few days later.

It was a 3-round process. First, a 30-minute phone interview with HR. Then, a 1-hour 1:1 with the supervisor/hiring manager. The final round was a half-a-day behavioral and technical interview with a coworker, manager, and VP, which concluded with an assessment and more behavioral questions with the supervisor/hiring manager. It wasn't as daunting as it might sound if you're not accustomed to this sort of thing. Dora was great, very pleasant even when delivering bad news. Honestly, if they show that much consideration when they aren't hiring someone, I'm sure employees really enjoy office lunches with them.

The interview process spanned approximately 1.5 months and consisted of a total of 7 rounds. It began with a recruiter screening, followed by a hiring manager round. Subsequently, there was a lengthy final round lasting 4.5 hours, which was divided into 5 more interview segments. The third round focused on technical aspects and coding challenges. During the fourth round, the interviewer seemed disinterested and asked random questions, possibly due to my lack of experience with Clojure, which is not a commonly used language. This interviewer was quite rude and seemed bored. The fifth interviewer inquired about my experience and how it aligned with their needs. The sixth and seventh rounds were managerial interviews that included some technical questions. The entire process was quite exhausting.

It was a really long interview process with over 12 rounds, which was pretty rough. It felt like whoever had time was interviewing me. The interviews were kind of all over the place, not really focused. I even asked an interviewer about the team's connection to the role and they just said they had some time. They scheduled interviews back-to-back from 9 AM to 5:30 PM, so I was basically interviewing while eating lunch. A few days later, I had another round. The hiring manager called to say they were working on an offer, and I got a confirmation email. But then, a week later, they called again with some random excuse for why they weren't moving forward. Regardless of the outcome, it was a pretty bad experience.