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I applied on-line and heard back within a couple of days requesting a phone interview. Had a phone interview with HR lead that went well and was contacted to move to the next stage in the process. After following up on setting a date for the next round of interviews, was unexpectedly called by one of the interviewees at a time that was neither confirmed with me or when I was available. After speaking with one of the two people I was supposed to interview with, I was informed that I would receive feedback in the same week. Unfortunately, I never head back after following up politely 2x. Seems a bit scattered. From an outside perspective a like the brand, but the lack of follow-up and disorganization leaves a poor impression of how the company is run internally.

The process was super fast and efficient. Started with a recruiter chat about the company vibe and how it's growing. Then, I had a call with the VP of Product to dive deeper into my experience. I got to ask tons of questions about their future projects, what tech they're using, and their expansion plans – it was a really easy chat. Next up was a team interview with the IT folks, including a PM and two developers. We mostly talked about teamwork and the day-to-day of coding. After that, there was a coding challenge. Once that was completed, I had a 30-minute conversation with the CEO, Noa, and then got an offer over the phone.

Applied online in late December, and got an email the next day requesting an interview. We scheduled one for the beginning of January. The whole process was incredibly protracted, disorganized, and disrespectful. The first phone interview was with HR, which was fairly straightforward. The second phone interview was with the direct supervisor (who seemed great), and it was also fairly straightforward. Following that, I was asked to prepare a fairly intense presentation with two sets of event proposals, and told that I would submit it online. It took an enormous amount of work and effort, and this was before I had even been in person. After I submitted, I followed up three times over the course of nearly a MONTH. Once I finally heard back, it was, at this point, late February. It was a new HR contact who let me know that the position was now part time. There was no acknowledgement of the gap in communication. After a fairly difficult interaction with their scheduling software, I went in for my in person interviews with four different staff members. The in person interviews were with the new HR rep (very casual), then a business development rep (seemed strong), and finally the direct supervisor, who I had spoken to over the phone. I had to specifically ask for feedback on my presentation with the last person. This oversight, to me, was completely insulting. The room had a broken heater and the arm fell off of my chair, which, for a company that positions itself as a brand leader for luxury design, was a bit embarrassing. Afterwards, the HR rep told me that the decision would be made within the week. I followed up, and up, and finally heard back more than 2 weeks later that there would not be an offer. The massive gaps in communication and generally disorganized nature of the hiring process was, far and away, the worst in my work history. I would not advise anyone considering applying for a position here to complete their application. All does not seem well, despite the best efforts of some of the team members I spoke with; they all seemed uniformly bright and hard-working, but there does not appear to be a strong structure around them. They appear to have a shortage in funds that has negatively impacted their team's work.

So first, I had this pretty long phone interview. After that, if you passed, the next step was to do three case studies. You had 48 hours to finish them once you got them. They were kind of tough, partly because there wasn't much info about the company, and since they're not public, there's not much online. If they liked your case study answers, the third round was an in-person interview at their office with a bunch of employees. I met with four different people, one after the other.