I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Clipboard
Interview
A recruiting agency reached out and we had a standard recruiter phone screen. I did a takehome short essay assignment that was meant to bypass the hiring manager screen if my answers were good enough. I was then scheduled anyway with the hiring manager, but ended up speaking with a leadership member not in Product (a surprise to me) to do another, longer screen. I'm assuming a product rep couldn't make it, so they slid in another manager because the questions in this call were around my past product experience and situational issues (ie: tell me about a time you had a conflict...) typical in a hiring manager screen.
It was a negative experience due to:
1) Mismanagement and transparency in who I was speaking with and the process.
2) During the last call, I was asked a question about using data, and then got feedback that wasn't what they wanted to hear. I appreciated that, but the interviewer kept repeating the same question without adding more context, just speaking louder while repeating rather than paraphrasing when I asked for more information. When the interviewer asked me another question I had answered in the short essay, I asked if they wanted me talk about another example, and they admitted they never read my short essay.
It left a bad taste in my month and felt like a waste of time on both ends. I've been in interviews before where I suspected I wasn't who they were looking for, but I still expect a high level of professionalism.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had a conflict with a coworker, what happened
Tell me how you use data to make decisions
Tell me about your previous work experience
1. Takehome
2. Interview about the takehome
3. Another takehome...
4. A call about the second takehome
5. Unknown after that
Very frustrating overall. Did not feel respected as a candidate. Did not receive feedback on the case. Extremely unimpressed with the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Takehome
2. Interview about the takehome
3. Another takehome...
4. A call about the second takehome
5. Unknown after that
I spent several days doing the take home case study. I was rejected with no feedback with a general email response. It was a waste of my time & honestly wish I hadn't taken the bait.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
As the pricing PM for Lyft's ride-scheduling launch in Toledo, how would you determine the optimal driver payout (by adjusting Lyft's take, without raising the $25 rider price) to maximize net revenue over the next 12 months given the provided CAC, churn, ride volume, match-rate, and pricing experiment data?
Several different case studies and behavioral rounds felt like they were farming ideas rather than actually interviewing someone to join the team. The questions weren't difficult, and the case studies weren't challenging. The interviewer definitely didn't read the case study because the feedback I received was generic and also addressed directly in my answers in the case study. Like others have already stated, negative interview process. Plus as soon as I was rejected, I got an interview request from someone else on the team for the same role!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Provided a google sheet with shift data and asked to do an analysis on the marketplace model they have. Come up with ideas on improving the platform based on the data.