I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Xero (Auckland, Auckland) in Jun 2020
Interview
Process took 3 weeks. The people who work at Xero are AMAZING people from the talent acquisition specialist to a subset of product managers/developers & designers who were apart of my interview process.
Applied for the job in morning, Xero responded the same day to schedule a phone interview the following week.
After the phone interview the talent specialist emailed the same day to say I would move on to the second interview with two product managers the following week.
After the interview with the product managers I moved on to a panel like interview. I was asked to present a 15-20 min presentation about improving a certain Xero feature.
I received a phone call the next day from the talent acquisition specialist who provided useful feedback about the decision.
Thank you for the opportunity Xero.
A few stages - interview with the recruiter, task with the hiring managers, and interview with the team members. Generally, it was enjoyable and well-organised, with all of the interviewers being reasonable and respectful.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you prioritize incoming work given certain criteria
I applied online. I interviewed at Xero (Wellington, Wellington)
Interview
The recruitment team were super friendly and easy to deal with. However the interview process is lengthy and inconsistent and if you don't get the role you applied for you have to start back at the beginning of the whole process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is an example of how you have prioritised a feature over another?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Xero
Interview
Screening call, and then 3 more interviews. One of them was an exercise of mapping out what your first 90 days in the role would look like. Was quite a long process and had to push to get the next interviews scheduled sooner as I was interviewing with other companies and wanted to weigh up my options. In the end they weren't able to put an offer on the table in time so I ended up going elsewhere. Got the feeling they didn't want to compete with other offers / would rather hire someone who had them as their first/only choice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do in your first 90 days in the role?