Tenstreet interview questions

Really great open house concept for internship interview. Got to meet most of the staff, which is an absolutely great group of people. Atmosphere is really great in the office as well, which is fun and diverse. The open concept floor plan as well is very neat, and seems like a great place to work.

I submitted a brief resume through their third party web app on their careers page. A few days later I received some correspondence from their Director Of People Operations (henceforth DOPO) to set up a phone screen. We talked over the phone for a little over twenty minutes, and that was it. A few days later, I sent more material to their DOPO to supplement my resume, and to kindly touch base. I didn't receive any response to that email, but a few days later received what read like a form letter stating they were going with other candidates. There was no feedback, or invitation to apply again, etc. In case you are wondering, I do meet the basic qualifications, as well as many of the preferences, and have a stable work history. For the size of the company, I was expecting a little more communication, but it wan't sub-par. I will say that many of the emails were sent in the evening and night hours, which is a little odd. As a personal note: During the phone screen I was talking (not ranting) about how my current employer (a multi-billion dollar, international corporation) is going through a lot of stress, and has lost half of it's value and is getting sued left to right, and that my position is turning more and more into mindless data entry, with a dead-end career path because of all the lay-offs. All I do all day basically is look at paper, type what I see, and save changes. I expressed a growing restlessness and anxiety with my current situation, and that is why I started looking to change careers paths. At this point in the conversation, it seemed their DOPO interpreted my statement as "I don't like doing work if I find it boring", and I tried my best to counter that misinterpretation without arguing with him, but it seemed that his tone changed at that point, and the impression was made in his mind. It seemed that this is where the conversation started to wind down from his end, and the email communication dropped off after this, except for the form letter response I mentioned above. Another note: I did research both Tenstreet and their DOPO before the phone screen, and found that he shared the same last name as one of the founders. When I asked him, he said that man was his brother. I also found that he is a part time religious minister. You might want to keep these things in mind if you are considering company culture and power dynamics of the upper management of where you want to work. I know, from personal experiences, that both working under nepotism and with people who see themselves as religious ministers can be stressful. It can stifle a healthy meritocracy, and potentially create weird unspoken in-group out-group dynamics based on religious subscriptions. I fully admit this is speculative, but this is a real problem in small companies in the Tulsa area in general, and have dealt with these issues before.