Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Slalom as 73.2% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.84 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Accounting and Senior Consulting Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Pal and Java Architect roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Slalom takes an average of 43 days when considering 1,511 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Software Architect had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Senior Principal roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 360 days).
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Slalom (Manhattan Beach, CA) in Feb 2014
Interview
Talked to GM and group director who were really nice people, then to another one and finally a technical person
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
nothing, the two last used some strange techniques to convince me I have to accept lower salaries, which I was not going to budge, I joined neudesic instead
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Slalom (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
Extremely long interview process. I had interviews with 6 separate folks in the Los Angeles office ranging from recruiting staff to Managing Directors and after all the time invested by Slalom and myself, the company decided not to hire me! My understanding of why they decided not to progress with me was that my experience was only on large client engagements.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how you handle transitions e.g. between teams, phases, projects, etc.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Slalom (Denver, CO) in Mar 2014
Interview
Saw the position had been posted on LinkedIn and contacted. Received a response within a few hours and set up a meeting with recruiter. Learned more about the company and set up for next steps, which was a face-to-face with another similar level consultant. Talked about previous experiences, wasn't really a tech screen, but I think it was more to get a feel for how I interacted and communicated.
Next step was a technical screen with an architect-level consultant. Set up a screen-sharing session and he gave me a problem and had me solve it in the IDE. Gave me 15 minutes to solve and improve it--it was a very simple question designed to allow me to show how I would take a basic request and improve it with OO paradigm and other high-level architecture.
Next step was a face-to-face with a few of the leaders of the local office. Various soft questions about previous experiences, issues with coworkers, successes and failures and what I'd change.
