I interviewed at Stand Together (Washington, DC) in Oct 2020
Interview
Within 3 hours of submitting my application on their website, I received a response from a recruiter and we had an interview scheduled for 2 days later. I was very optimistic as the company is involved in all the areas that are my passion. But the interview was awkard.
I was told the phone call would take 1-hour but ended up being less than 25 minutes and I don't know if the recruiter had a bad day or not(as this was in late afternoon).
The interview felt cold and lifeless. She sounded like she had little emotion. The recruiter asked me 5 questions and 2 of them were the same. I was expecting questions about my values as most of the feedback on Glassdoor mentioned this however all 5 questions were highly specific towards my prior work experience. I felt as if the recruiter was looking at someone elses resume. She asked me a question about a role I never had. When asked why I applied to Stand Together and I mentioned it being a non-profit she kept correcting me and saying that I shoudl be aware its part of the larger Koch Institute network with overlapping responsilibities. I asked her to clarify and she repeated herself.
Otherwise the other questions were decently standard generic prior work expereince questions. Aside the fact she didn't see to know which applicant I was and her lack of personality.
The entire 20 minutes left a sour taste in my mouth. Recruiters are usually the most energetic employees so I do hope she was just having a bad day and dont want to judge the entire work atmosphere off the short interaction.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a time you had a failure managing a project.
Took 1.5 months from recruiter calls to final panel. It was over the holidays so that was partially why it was relatively long. Had recruiter calls, a call with a manager, then a 3 hour panel, broken up into 3 calls.
I applied online. I interviewed at Stand Together (McLean, VA) in Feb 2021
Interview
The interview process began with a call with the company recruiter. I was then asked to take a call with the Supervising Manager later in the week. I was then invited back for three (3) subsequent two-person panel interviews. Each subsequent interview was scheduled for 50 minutes. These interviews were behavioral in nature.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you had to manage difficult stakeholders.