Gorilla Group Interview Questions
& Process

Applied online and got a response in a week or two. The first step was a phone interview with HR. After that, I had an interview with the supervisor for the role. Then, I came in for a longer in-person interview. This included the manager, two current GEMS AMs, and several higher-ups. A really weird part was that the manager seemed to lie about the job duties. I asked direct questions about the role and responsibilities, and got simple answers. But when I asked the same questions to the current GEMS Account Managers, their answers were the exact opposite of what the supervisor said. It was also pretty clear there was tension between the current GEMS AMs and their supervisor during the interview.

I found out about Gorilla through a friend who had previously worked there. He described it as a challenging but quite fair place where you either swim or sink, and he was sad to leave. I found their website and online application form via Google. The software they used for online applications at the time gave a really sterile and corporate bad first impression, which was quickly improved by friendly follow-up emails from their HR department. After interviewing in person, I realized it gave a completely wrong impression about the company. My interview itself was direct and fair. I think I was a choice candidate for them because I had recent and in-depth knowledge of Magento and the Zend framework, but they also give a lot of consideration to talented developers without framework-specific knowledge.

NOT RECOMMENDED TO ANYONE! The 4 interviews I had all went well, although being way too long in total. Besides the HR, I had a meeting with four different persons, including 3 techies, through the process. The questions on the tech interview were of moderate difficulty, some a bit simple though. I had to decline the offer because the salary proposed was ridiculously low. That was actually looking as an attempt of fooling a person supposedly not fully aware of the local tax system. Negotiation followed didn't help either. Finally, I was insulted by their HR blaming me with an absolute bs about me.

I talked to a recruiter, then a Director at Gorilla Group a couple days later. The first interview went great and the job sounded good, but the second interview was kinda different. The amount of work they expected seemed totally impossible - like 10-12 blog posts (each 500-1,000 words) and a white paper (about 4,000 words) every single week. Doing that much content, week after week, for different clients in various industries, doesn't sound fun and makes me wonder how good the work would actually be. Because of that, I decided not to move forward.