Vendini Interview Questions
& Process

I talked to the Director of Sales first, who told me a lot about the company and the job. He then set up more calls with two other people at the company to give me more information about things. I had an onsite interview and met with some people there. The office itself was really nice and cozy. In the end, they decided not to move forward with me, and the Director mentioned they were looking for someone else. He did give me some feedback on my interview, which I thought was pretty cool!

The interview process started with a phone screening, then an in-person interview at their San Francisco office. I met with several people: the hiring manager, the supervising director, a leader from another department, and some of the support staff. I'm really disappointed with how unprofessional and disrespectful their lack of follow-up was. After what I thought was a good interview, and being told I'd hear about the next steps, I got no response at all. A week later, the job was posted again online. I sent a polite email asking about the process and if I was still being considered, but still no reply. The interview involved a two-hour commute to the city and took five hours of my day. I at least expected a simple message saying thanks for your interest, but we're going with someone else. I think that's basic professional courtesy, which apparently isn't common anymore.

The whole thing took about two weeks. It started with a recruiter who, though I'm not sure if he works for the company, was really nice on the phone. He found me on LinkedIn. I looked into the company and saw a lot of consistent bad reviews from other engineers, which I brought up with him and the next person I talked to. They both told me things had changed and they were working on fixing those issues. The in-person interview was with two managers and included whiteboarding and just talking. I got the feeling they were more focused on keeping the current systems running and growing them, rather than overhauling them like the reviews suggested. It seemed like that overhaul wasn't as big a priority as I thought. It was super annoying not to hear back after it was all done. I didn't really get a sense of how the company planned to grow, either business-wise or with the tech to back it up, and I didn't feel like engineers were well-supported. Your experience might be different. My experience matched what others have said.

I met with a few key sales people, and got a good overall sense of the company and culture. The sales manager drove the process, and it worked well. I was immediately interested as soon as I walked through the door. The space is modern and open, and there were people everywhere in meetings and huddled together. The collaboration that goes on was immediately obvious. Now that I work there and I see it every day, it is true that it is a very collaborative work environment where people meet all the time. There are only two conference rooms, but executives who have small offices are always fine with others using their offices for ad hoc meetings.