T. D. Williamson Interview Questions
& Process

This was the second role I interviewed for with TDW within two months. For the first role, I went through a recruiter call followed by a positive onsite interview. The second role involved a recruiter call, a Teams meeting with the hiring manager, and then an onsite panel interview. Typical questions were asked. I sent thank you notes after all interviews, and followed up a week later, but received no response. I followed up again a week after that, and still nothing. Then, a recruiting agency TDW contracted for the first position contacted me to let me know I wasn't selected for that role, and that was the only way I finally found out my status. After not hearing back about the second position, I checked their candidate site and saw I hadn't been selected for that one either. After spending a lot of fuel and time on the interview process, they couldn't even send a standard rejection email? I see this as a warning sign of how they must treat employees, and I know TDW used to be a much better company. I thank them for showing me who they are. Very disrespectful, but I'm glad I dodged this bullet.

It started with an online chat with the hiring manager and someone from HR, lasting about an hour. They wanted to check if I knew the basics of software testing. Then, a week later, I went to their office for a second interview. This one was with some of the people on the team, and it was also about an hour long. They asked a lot about how QA fits into software development and if I understood the processes. I heard back from the recruiter with an offer a couple of weeks after that.

So I applied and then a recruiter called me to set up a phone interview which was really detailed. After about two weeks, they reached out to schedule an in-person interview for about a week later. The interview was in person with just the HR Consultant, but the manager I'd be working for was supposed to be on a video call. Unfortunately, there were tech issues, so he ended up joining on speakerphone. It was really muffled and hard to hear him sometimes. I think the interview would have gone way better if he had been there in person, especially since it took so long to even get the interview and then have it scheduled so far out. After that, I just heard nothing. Absolutely nothing. I feel like after an interview, they should at least send an email or call to say they went with someone else. Then, a few weeks later, they posted the job again, so clearly they didn't find the right person. They really should let all the interviewees know the status.

A recruiter reached out to me because they found my resume online. We scheduled a phone call, and it was a pretty straightforward interview. They asked the usual stuff about my current pay and what I'm looking to earn. I gave them honest answers. A few days later, I got another call asking if I'd still be interested even if the offer might be over $10,000 less than I'm currently making. I decided not to move forward.