I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Kira Systems in Dec 2019
Interview
Absolutely awful, no respect for candidates... I applied online and then got an email to arrange a call. The call happened a fews days later. It was very pleasant, and very positive. She told me straight away that she will send me to the next stage which was a presentation. She send me the brief the same day. I worked on the presentation over the next fews days, baring in mind that I have kids to look after in the evening so it was an effort to work on this presentation. I send the presentation through their portal. She replied saying she will get the team to look at it and will get back to me. Then no news ! No news at all for several weeks ! It was over the Christmas period so I didn’t chase at first as I understood everything slow down but then in January still no news. I send 3 emails !! And then I finally got an email 5 WEEKS (!!!) after I sent the presentation. She was saying they won’t take my application further. No feedback on my presentation, no nothing. I replied asking for feedback on the presentation at least as I spent time doing it and I was ignored to this day...
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Kira Systems (London, England) in Feb 2020
Interview
I had a call with the HR responsible. She said my skills are experience where very interesting so she would pass me to the second stage. I had to deliver an assessment consisting on a test from which I had to answer certain questions. It was indeed time consuming and complex. In addition to this, I was asked to submit a Power Point presentation in advance (in theory, I was going to deliver that presentation to the hiring manager and his/her team). I did submit the presentation and the assessment a week after. After that, silence. I contacted the recruiter to make sure they receive it, she replied back confirming. I had to get in touch with her to understand the outcome, first contact says she will chase the team, 2nd try (2 weeks after) said they made an offer to someone else and they accepted. I never received feedback on my presentation & assessment, I actually asked for it after this and never got any answer.
Prior to my interview, I checked Glassdoor. I read about another candidate for the same position. It seems it happened to her/him the same which makes me think it's the normal practise for this company. In my case, there is not excuse for Christmas period since it was in February.
I agree with the previous comment. It is very frustrated because you spend a good time for the assessment and you never get the chance to present it. so... what the point for doing it?
Just for the following candidate, bear in mind this comment and the previous one for Customer Success Manager positions.
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Question 1
Typical questions regarding work experience: what how you done in previous roles: tasks, markets you dealt with, type of clients.