Social Finance Analyst Interview Questions
& Process

The interviews themselves were fine. When they were finally set up. Weeks later than expected. It took several more than a month before I was invited for my first interview. Thereafter it was almost 2 months before I heard back. Granted, Covid had just hit so I gave benefit of doubt. But thereafter it was a series of following up, being told to expect feedback or an interview date within a certain time frame, not hearing back within said time frame and it took another month just to get an interview date. After the 2nd interview I didn't hear back for almost 2 months and it was the same back and forth. I felt really disappointed in the process. In the end I had to pull out of the process but felt I had wasted so much time and emotional energy.

The interview process consisted of two rounds. Both interviews were behavioral, focusing on my background and experience. The first round lasted about 30 minutes and was with two directors. The second round involved multiple team members and lasted about an hour.

I waited over a month to hear back after passing the CV screen, as well as after each of the rounds. I had to prompt several times before being updated, after not hearing back for ~3 weeks after being told I would hear back the following week. There was no feedback given at the end of the second round. Comms from the internal recruiter / manager of the hiring process were unclear. Overall the experience left a very sour taste in my mouth. It takes two minutes to email a candidate a "sorry for the delay, we are still deciding" message. It takes five minutes to copy and paste some internal feedback into an email for a candidate. If the company runs its recruitment like this, how bad are its internal processes / comms?