I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Sparq in May 2022
Interview
3 rounds:
-in house recruiter screening interview
-Product Manager peer interview
-Head of Product hiring manager interview
Overall was very easy interview process, they didn't ask very interesting or probing questions, seemed to lack rigor in their hiring diagnostics. No questions to determine real soft skills or probe emotional intelligence, key factors in product managers.
They ghosted after 3 interviews, pretty amateur and unprofessional process overall.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Sparq (San Antonio, TX) in Apr 2023
Interview
Recruiting team don’t seem to know what they are doing - unclear on salaries and positions. The second technical interviews are also vague, and you are not even informed who you are meeting with and for which role. But they predetermine your level in this interview but will not confirm it till the last interview but want to turn down your application due to being outside a salary band for a role they aren’t even clear on themselves.
The interview process as a whole was relaxed. It felt like a nice conversation with other people in the field you are hoping to get hired into, such as software.
Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Sparq with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Manager roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sparq overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sparq as a Product Manager according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
One on one interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
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