Aha! interview questions

The interview process was multi step like most companies: 1- HR Screening 2- UX Manager Screening 3- Product Manager Screening 4- Take Home Assignment The interview process was average. Slightly challenging, but nothing crazy. The part where I was declined was the very last part --The take home challenge. I was asked to spend three hours on this challenge. The challenge was based around working on a product problem for the Aha product ecosystem. Im not a fan of design challenges really, they are outdated and many comprehensive studies show that, but I did complete the challenge anyways and provided a high level of detail into my design approach. After taking most of my afternoon to complete the challenge, I was rejected. The reason for rejection was very vague. Seems like something to be caught in an HR screening, but it wasn't. So this tells me either they didn't screen me enough or they knew I wasn't what they wanted, but wanted to have me do the design challenge just for pure entertainment. All that being said, I thanked the hiring manager and asked for feedback after being rejected. At this point I was ghosted, which felt pretty rude considering how much time I dumped into the whole process. While I did enjoy the interview experience even though I was rejected from an offer, I'd expect at least a couple bullet points of feedback after spending close to 6 hours total on this whole process.

I went through a hiring process with Aha!, and the experience was manipulative and disrespectful. It extended my period of unemployment and worsened my financial situation. Here's a summary of what happened: * 1. Initially promised 4 interviews in 2 weeks, but it extended to 8 interviews and meetings (extra interviews labeled as "meetings”) over 33 days, involving over 35 email exchanges and random calls from the hiring manager. * 2. From the third interview, they consistently implied an offer, using phrases like 'congratulations,' 'we've got good news for you!' 'the team is very impressed!' and 'we'd like to give you an offer!' The interviews eventually increased to 8. * 3. Although the job post was for a full-time position, they later mentioned it would be a contract role with undisclosed benefits "not mentioned in the offer letter." I asked for them in written form but was ignored. * 4. There was a rush and pressure to obtain a 'yes' to a verbal offer without allowing me enough time to review the contract. * 5. They requested a home assignment for their product as part of the interview process, which can be considered as unpaid work. * 6. The written offer was rescinded just as I was about to sign and return it even after they conducted reference checks with the three contacts I provided. I requested a reason but they simply stated that they had decided to go with another candidate, which didn't sound reasonable at all given the stage of the hiring process. * Throughout the process, especially with the CEO, there were frequent changes in their statements, leading to significant time wasted. It was the most manipulative and disrespectful interview experience I've ever had. I would recommend nobody apply to this company. -------------- * - They rescinded the written offer without even saying “Sorry”. It should have been decided upon earlier if you respected candidates who applied for their company. * - I briefly questioned the job title change from UX Designer to Sr. UX Designer since there was a discussion about the role regarding Sr. vs Intermediate and I was quickly aligned with it during our discussion, which should be understandable. * - They didn’t provide the benefit information in written format and was somewhat complex to understand them all, verbally. I asked a question to confirm, and we agreed that it met my salary expectations. * - The written offer was sent on Friday evening. It was two days after the verbal offer, which was 2 days delayed from when you promised to provide it. As I clearly communicated with them, I was out of town and I needed a bit of time to review the written offer before signing, which can’t be the reason for rescinding.