I was contacted by a recruiter to take some online tests which I found to be excessive. I have taken some online questionnaires before but I would love to know how they assess their because for a sales position it did not seem to align with anything. I also had to write an essay based on opinions of relevant issues. Being an experienced and well-versed sales professional and college applicant, I found it strange that none of my experience seemed to matter for their process.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at ZL Technologies (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2020
Interview
Horrible. CEO video interview, asked a series of questions in an attempt to determine my age, blatant ageism. I do not include every role on my resume, first, roles older than 10-15 years aren't relevant second, we know technology is ageist so we obscure our age for good reason.
After the Zoom interview, I was sent a "speed test," essentially a basic math test. Not sure what this test is going to tell them, but I did it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How long did you work at X company, what was your first job at X company, what programming languages did you learn in college, why didn't you get a graduate degree
Candidates applying for Sales roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ZL Technologies overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ZL Technologies as a Sales according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 20%
Other: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
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