I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Hopper in Aug 2019
Interview
Applied online and was contacted the same week for an interview with the recruiter. Initial phone screen was great and they asked me to complete a homework assignment and return within a week. I spent a week working on the assignment, created a presentation and sent it to the recruiter but never heard back from them. Contacted the recruiter a week later and she said the team would review and get back to me that week but did not hear from them again. Very disappointing experience to put that much work into an assignment and never receive feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is currently motivating you to switch positions?
First a recruiter interview, then a test case with prototype and two product people interview to evolve the case, both of them like a live work presentation. Very quick responses and very clear on everything.
The interview process was not good. I decided to add this review so if you have a poor experience, you know it wasn't because of you. The first two rounds (Recruiter screen and Hiring Manager interview) were great. But for the third round I met with a member of the broader team. My interviewer seemed unprepared, and the format of the interview was completely different from what the recruiter told me it would be. It was hard to track the throughline with a lot of their lines of questions (even when I asked clarifying questions), and the thought exercises we did were not very well planned out and often meandering. I honestly felt like the interview was set up for failure from the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions from the recruiter screen and hiring manager interview were pretty standard - What interests you in the role? Tell me about a time you launched a product with a tight timeline? Etc.
Questions from the third round honestly wouldn't make sense posted here outside of the context of the interview
had a conversation with the hiring manager that followed a structured, standard interview format. The questions were well thought out, directly aligned with the role, mainly to assess my experience, problem-solving skills, and approach to collaboration.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's your biggest achievement, and the metrics about it?
