I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Asana in Jun 2021
Interview
I applied to the Product Design team through a referral. I got an initial phone call with a recruiter. I thought that our call went well and it was indicated that I'd move onto the next round, but I received an email rejection later that week. The recruiter told me that the interview process would go as follows:
Recruiter call -> portfolio review w/ hiring manager -> take-home exercise -> on-site including a presentation to a panel
I know that companies want to avoid bad hires, but this is frankly a ridiculous interview process. If you want me to do a take-home exercise, don't require a presentation (or vice versa). It doesn't seem very respectful of candidates' time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard stuff - tell me about your past experience, what are you looking for, tell me about your approach to projects
Started with a simple screening with a recruiter over a virtual meeting, then it was followed by technical interview with someone from a product team with standard design process questions, previous experience, etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the biggest design challenge so far and how did you manage it?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Asana in Jun 2024
Interview
All interviews progress through these same stages. Some interviews may look slightly different, depending on the role.
Application Review -> Recruiter Phone Call -> Portfolio Deep Dive -> Onsite Interviews -> Hiring Team Review -> Offer Extension
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Asana in May 2024
Interview
Received an internal referral. Got contacted by recruiter several weeks later when they already had an offer out to a candidate. Call went great and was told if the candidate declined, I'd talk with the hiring manager. Was told I'd receive an update and was ghosted instead. Bad form especially from an internal referral.
