I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at CloudKitchens in Mar 2021
Interview
Recruiter contacted me which was a normal interview. This led to a call with the hiring manager who was so casual, dropping the occasional F-bomb, which didn't really bother me but just came across as unprofessional. After the first interview they gave a case study which was honestly the most insane case I've been given. Multiple P/Ls, building strategies, hunting the web for data, calling people to interview them for info. All in took north of 24 working hours.
This goes into a presentation that you give to a small committee who grills you on all your assumptions (having the actual answers and judging any assumption on accuracy not conceptual direction). Effectively scraping you for all your knowledge.
I was then left in the cold for two weeks, exceeding when they would reply to me to then follow up and get a generic thanks but no thanks email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Build me a model that we could run out business with. Consider it being applied world wide as a plug and play too. Please consider variable pay, costs by region, legal constraints, our business partners etc. Research and call out all assumptions with sources
20 min conversation with recruiter then 3 days later scheduled a quick and easy 45 min zoom with 2 people. I found out within a few days and got something official about a week later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you respond to being in a chaotic situation