BetterUp interview questions

The interview cycle lasted 2.5 months with 8 interviews. At each interval until the final interview, I received complimentary feedback. PROs: All the interviewers - other than the executive team member who was the final interviewer - were really thoughtful. The Chief Customer Officer, who was interviewer #7. He is experienced, thoughtful, and direct. He’d be great to work for, except it is hard to understand why he isn’t the final decision maker on talent. He is new to the company, and I doubt he'll stay very long, given the chaos. CONs: Final interview was with a “founding member,” which is supposedly common for a final interview. This guy worked for the CEO. He showed up late. You could tell his goal was to be probing and to try to fluster me (unless he's just normally mean) but the interview turned increasingly combative when he realized that I had prepared well for the interview. This was unnecessary. He made belittling comments. I felt uncomfortable, but I tried to brush it off as bro(ish) behavior that I’ve commonly experienced as a woman in tech. He left no time for questions for me and jumped off the call. Despite this behavior, I chalked it up to him being only one outlier and send him a follow-up note. He didn’t bother to respond to my follow up note. Overall, he was a pretty bad representation of the c-suite in my view. If you read the reviews (read them!), it seems consistent with what employees say about the C-suite. My recommendation is - if you are smart and capable - avoid BetterUp. I was enthralled by the way they talk about culture but it doesn’t seem to be real or reflected by those at the top. The final interview is used to belittle you or find someone against you so that the CEO or founders can say no. That said, no harm in applying if you’re curious. Just don’t miss other opportunities, as they won’t care about taking 2.5 months from you, including time spent developing presentations. ALSO, read the reviews on glassdoor. I didn’t really bother with that as much … to my own detriment.

The questions were very formulaic, and there was very little feedback which made the whole interview uncomfortable. It was like the interviewer was instructed to not break character. It felt like being interviewed by a robot.