Candidates applying for Senior Product Manager roles take an average of 105 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Act-On Software overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Act-On Software as a Senior Product Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Phone interview: 40%
Personality test: 20%
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I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Act-On Software (Beaverton, OR)
Interview
Approximately 2 months after I submitted an online application, I was contacted for a phone screen. After a very basic phone screen, with HR, I had a phone screen with the hiring manager from San Francisco. This was a 1 hour call and rather in depth. Following the call, I went to the office for an in-person interview. I was not given any information about who I would be meeting or their roles. I met 4 people individually for 1/2 hour each. Only 1 of the 4 brought anything to write with. 1 of the 4 was distracted and busy on his phone the entire time. After this, I had mixed feelings.
I was then contacted in the morning and asked to come by the office in the afternoon of the same day to chat with the CTO. We spoke for an hour, again no notes were taken and frequent phone interruptions occurred. I received immediate feedback that the interviews had gone well and they would be in touch shortly.
3 weeks passed and I received a form letter stating: "Unfortunately we do not have an appropriate position for you at this time." I was warned about this process from others who had the exact same experience. I recommend you not wasted your time.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Act-On Software (Beaverton, OR) in Sep 2014
Interview
Applied online for the job, got an e-mail about 3 months later from their HR/front desk person asking for an initial phone screen. The initial phone screen was done by the HR/front desk person, asking general questions about my experience & provided an overview of the company. She indicated that a call with the hiring manager based in San Francisco would be scheduled. About 2 weeks later the call with the hiring manager was scheduled, asked a lot of questions about knowledge in several different areas (E-mail marketing, server technology, database technology, marketing practices, CRM etc). Basically he was in the process of re-structuring the product management group and was probing to see where I would fit in.
After a few days I heard back from the HR/front desk person indicating they would like me to come in to the Beaverton office for 2 hours to speak with an Engineering lead. That was a more pointed discussion to make sure that the person hired could get along with the Engineering group which is pretty much all that is in Beaverton. I could only stay an hour due to my existing job so asked to re-schedule the other hour. HR/front desk person scheduled yet another call with the hiring manager, more questions along the same line as the previous ones. He indicated that he wanted me to speak with the CMO and that he was ready to move forward with an offer, he made a point to ask me that if he called back the next day with an offer what would I do.
The hiring manager then calls me to ask me what my salary requirements are which I had already given to the HR/front desk person during our initial phone screen. He indicated that was more than what their developers make but he really wanted me to join the team so he would work it out. Got an e-mail the next day stating that the CMO had to re-schedule the call, by this time I really don't want the job anymore I am worn out. Finally got an e-mail from the HR/front desk person stating that they had found someone else, what a relief.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you do when an Engineer tells you something cant be done.