Applied for the position at their Houston, TX office.
Probably the worst interview process I've ever experienced:
I am writing this on October 1st, as I had JUST gotten a notification of my rejection. I had been contacted back in the first week of August about this position directly from a recruiter on LinkedIn because she saw my qualifications, and was told to submit my application very quickly as the position was expected to be filled out fast.
At first, there was a short introductory call and then a SQL assessment test. While at my interview after the assessment test, the two people on the team who interviewed me did not even have their webcams on while I had mine on, turning it into an awkward interview experience, where they could see my body language but I could not see theirs.
After the interview, I received an email stating that my application will be under review for 30 days, which is an unusually long wait time, but I remained professional, and decided to follow up with HR towards the end of those 30 days. I then received an email from them two weeks ago that they would contact me no later than midway through next week. I received no word at any point the next week, contacted HR again, only for them to tell me my application was still under review and still giving me false hope. Only when I nudged the HR person again today, did she finally talk to management and basically just said "Oh, please accept our apologies."
I talked to several people in my professional network about this experience, and they were genuinely very surprised at how unprofessional Geico has been through this whole ordeal. For the future, Please advise management to treat all candidates that take the time (interview, assessment test, etc.) to apply to work for your company like human beings just looking to enhance their lives and career. I would have preferred a better explanation from the team on why communication was subpar for about the past six weeks.
I am now somewhat glad I didn't get the job because if this is how they treat potential candidates that they're trying to convince to join them on board, I can't imagine the uncaring and toxic environment it must be to actually work for them.