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The job title was a bit confusing, not matching the application title, but that got sorted in the second interview. Overall, the process was pretty thorough, taking about a month from applying to getting rejected, which felt fair considering there were three interviews. The first interview was with the hiring manager, the second with a team member, and the third with various employees who were available. The interviews themselves were mostly nice, and everyone seemed really friendly – they definitely seem to be focused on hiring likable people. I really thought I was doing well and had good hopes, but they ended up rejecting me. What was weird was the sudden drop in communication after the final interview; they had been super responsive before, but after rejecting me, it was radio silence. The best part was getting a detailed interview guide upfront. The worst part, besides the communication breakdown, was the big project that took a ton of time, like 10 hours easily. I get they wanted to see what I could do, but it's a massive commitment, especially when it doesn't lead to an offer.

I was working with Andrew during the hiring process and found him (and the People Operations team's work) to be informative, warm, and transparent. Job searching can be tough, but the process with IRC is laid out well so as a candidate, you always know what to expect. I was surprised by some of the exercises required during the interview process, but later found how relevant they were to the organization and culture. The process did take a little while, 6 weeks from initial contact to the offer stage for three Zoom calls. Overall, the interviews were always on schedule, the team was warm/friendly/informative, and any questions I had were answered directly and quickly. From a candidate perspective, working within the IRC community would be a great fit for someone highly self-motivated, interested in collaboration, and that values team spirit.

I had an interview process with IRC for an internal HR role. It started with a hiring manager interview, followed by an interview with his manager. The interviews focused mainly on my past work experience, and I had time for questions. Then, I was given a take-home assignment which included two presentations. One presentation was directly related to the role, and the other was unrelated. The presentation session was scheduled for 1.5 hours via Zoom. The assignment was quite extensive, taking me about 10-15 hours to complete. Everything seemed great until the final call. A few days after my presentation, the hiring manager called me for a video meeting to "discuss next steps." I was expecting an offer, especially since the hiring manager spoke highly of my interviews and presentation. I was completely blindsided by the rejection because there was no heads-up or indication it was coming. As a recruiter myself, I would never deliver a rejection over a video call without warning the candidate first. The lack of empathy after my candidacy ended was surprising and left a poor overall impression of the company.

I was recruited directly via LinkedIn. The interview process was lengthy, starting with a 30-min intro call with a recruiter (who seemed aloof and had her camera off), followed by a 45 min interview with the director and senior manager. The final interview was a 90 min panel with 6 people, including those from the previous interview and other team members. For this last interview, I had to present a case study using a PPT I created from materials provided beforehand. This took about 10-15 hours of work. The instructions in the materials were a bit misleading; they said to present as if to a client, but in the interview, they wanted an informal presentation for team feedback. After these three interviews, I got a generic rejection email. I found this odd and disrespectful, especially for a company that claims to help improve recruiting processes. My requests for feedback were met with another automated, error-filled email. I would avoid this company; their actions don't align with their 'human-centered' claims.