This process was unnecessarily drawn out for months. The team did not seem to know what they were looking for, and in one interview, a manager basically said they were still shopping for talent. It was a very chaotic process and in a final interview, it was obvious that there was no real user experience buy-in throughout the organization and that they were looking for one person to fill many many roles. There was no structure to my interviews and I ended up presenting a non-technical case study in my last interview, which was odd since this is a technical company. I was asked to describe what makes me 'sparkle' above the rest of their candidates. Red flags galore. I got mixed reviews for my design exercise, mostly positive, but a desire to curate the solution further to their company needs. This was a little awkward, as I already spent a lot of time on this exercise and I am not interested in doing free consulting. Overall, it was drawn out, all over the place, and in the end ...unprofessional. Process: Intro Screen Manager Interview Take Home Assessment Head of Product Interview Manager Interview/Sync Review Upcoming Panel (Received Rejection Email)
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Question 1
What is your design process? Do you have experience managing products? Walk us through how you have done this. How would you evangelize UX throughout an organization? Are you comfortable speaking at all hands and delivering outcomes to stakeholders? When was a time that you struggled at work? How did you overcome? How do incorporate other teams into your process? What is your experience like with UX research? How have you stood up research practices.