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& Process

The process was pretty fluid and moved quickly. About a week after I applied, the recruiter emailed to set up a call. A week after that, I had a video chat with the hiring manager. They sent a thank you email a few days later with the final decision. Even though it wasn't in the job description, the hiring manager was looking for someone with technical knowledge in analytics and web development. If I had moved forward, the next steps would have included a presentation and 3-4 interviews with the team.

I spoke with a recruiter in late May 2022 and they said the whole thing would take about 3 weeks. Then I had a 30-minute meeting with the hiring manager. After that, I had to do a 1-2 hour challenge where I had to create a ppt deck with a customer marketing strategy, a marketing email, and ideas for meeting revenue targets. The challenge said 3-4 hours, and it turned out to be 3-4 hours. Then, I had back-to-back team interviews with different people for over 2 hours. At the end, I met with the recruiter again and they told me that hiring for this role was delayed and it wouldn't start until August, even though it was mid-June. They also said they wouldn't have a decision until late June because of another candidate's timeline. I waited and emailed to check on the status after June 27th, and was told the recruiter I was working with was out of office and would email me when they got back. They emailed me this week, a full 3 weeks after my last interview, and said they'd get back to me with a definite answer in 48 hours. After 48 hours, I followed up and they said they assumed I wasn't interested since I hadn't replied to their email two days prior, which didn't actually ask me to do anything. I'm guessing I didn't get the job and wouldn't suggest wasting your time interviewing with a company that's so disorganized and doesn't respect candidates' time.

The interview process involved a few stages. First, I had a phone chat with the recruiter. Then, I had a webcam meeting with a team lead. After that, there was a one-hour coding exercise, followed by a four-hour coding exercise that was split into four parts: a front-end part in the language I chose, an API endpoint and access pattern part in the language I chose, a backend part in the language I chose, and finally a round of behavior questions. They didn't ask any tricky or insulting questions. They also gave me a guide beforehand with links about the company, how to answer behavior questions, how to prep for code exercises, videos of people doing coding exercises, and links to the web environments they use. It felt like they wanted me to succeed.

The recruiter wasn't very enthusiastic and just read the job description verbatim without offering any extra details or asking about my preferences for the role and company environment. It seemed like they weren't very familiar with product marketing, as they questioned my skills even though they matched the job description when I recited my resume. I was directly asked why I had left previous jobs in under a year, and though my explanations (time zone issues with an international manager and career growth) made sense to them, they warned that the hiring manager would also ask. They mentioned wanting a PMM for a new mobile product line, but couldn't provide specifics, which seemed important despite not being in the job description. Even with prior mobile product experience, I wasn't advanced in the process. The only positive was being informed quickly about not moving forward, even though it was a day later than expected.