Surprisingly unprofessional at times and a bit unempathetic.
Got through to final stage with four interviewers. Couple negatives I experienced:
- One panelist didn't show up (no communication that they weren't attending so I was waiting in the meeting room for 15 minutes till I got an email).
- Wrong brief given to me in preparation for the role play. While you should never script an entire scenario, I had prepared quite a bit on the structure so to be told it would be an entirely different department and person in the role play was a bit disappointing. It's already stressful interviewing remotely, unprofessionalism just makes it harder.
- Feedback on the roleplay was surprisingly poor. I asked the interviewer after the roleplay what would they have done differently - they told me nothing, it was great (nothing is perfect, not sure why he didn't say something). When I told I hadn't gotten the position, their feedback was that I spoke too much on Workday (it sounds like sour grapes, but I genuinely spoke about Workday for less than 2 minutes of the entire call because I didn't understand much about the offering).
- Basically felt like I was a "backup candidate", they had already selected another candidate and it felt as though they went through the motions with me. That's a normal part of interviewing, but you would expect to have the correct brief and for constructive feedback to have been given (based on my role play, not generic feedback).
- That being said, the hiring manager was a lovely guy and we had a great conversation. While no one was unkind, it seems like they don't put much effort into the hiring process once they have another candidate in mind.