Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Indeed (Austin, TX) en sept 2016
Entrevista
I applied online, and about two weeks later received an email from a recruiter to setup a phone screen. She was courteous and helpful when setting up the 1st phone screen. The screen went well and I was told she'd reach out to setup the next screen with a hiring manager.
As I was already employed full time, I asked multiple times to get a heads up on when the recruiter would call so I could make sure to be available and also avoid awkward conversations in front of colleagues. She ignored that request multiple times and was extremely difficult to reach by either email or phone after missing her calls. Multiple days went by without returning an email or a phone call, so I'd nearly given up on Indeed. Perhaps their recruiters are slammed with the crazy growth, but that was the most frustrating part of the experience.
Eventually the recruiter got me setup with the hiring manager on phone screen #2. After that I was brought in for an all-day marathon of interview 1x1s and 1x2s where I met everyone from from the VP of engineering down to my would-be peers. Everyone was super nice, friendly, reasonable, intelligent, and generally gave the vibe of a great work environment.
About a week later I was presented with an offer, but it was considerably lower than what I'd hoped. I was able to negotiate some decent incentives to get to a better place and would have accepted the revised offer in most scenarios. I very much enjoyed the environment of my current employer so gave them the opportunity the correct the gap in my pay before submitting two weeks notice. They made a counter offer I couldn't refuse, so I ended up staying with my current employer.
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Pregunta 1
Suppose we implemented an auto dialing phone system for our sales agents. How might you measure the success of this phone system?
Interviews were all 1 on 1 through different rounds, starting with the internal recruiter and then onto the hiring manager, etc. Met with team members, stakeholders external to the team, and skip-level managers.
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Pregunta 1
Describe a time when a project did not go well for you and how you handled it?
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 3 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en Indeed en ene 2025
Entrevista
My interview process with Indeed lasted nearly four months from initial outreach to final decision. While the interviewers themselves were professional and the conversations engaging, the overall experience was disjointed and left me feeling overlooked and confused.
There were long gaps—sometimes two weeks or more—between interview stages, and communication from my assigned recruiter was inconsistent. At times, I had to reach out to other recruiters just to get basic updates. When I did, he reminded me that communication should go through him, though I had already made multiple attempts to contact him directly without response.
After completing several rounds over many months, I was told I was in the final stages and received encouraging feedback from the team. However, after several weeks of silence and follow-ups on my part, I eventually received a standard rejection email with no explanation or feedback. I followed up once more to see if I could learn anything constructive from the experience, but as I had come to expect by then, I never received a response.
I understand that not every interview process results in an offer, and I respect the company's right to choose the candidate they feel is best suited. However, I believe a more transparent and timely communication style—particularly in the final stages—would go a long way in creating a better candidate experience. Furthermore, some form of constructive feedback would be incredibly helpful, and simply a gesture of respect given to a candidate who just put in their all for many months.
Given Indeed’s mission to help people get jobs, I had expected a more people-centered approach and was quite disappointed with the process.
Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Indeed en jul 2024
Entrevista
1- Interviews with a consulting firm (in charge of outsourcing positions)
2- Technical interview with other Program Managers (questions about experience and project management)
3- Final interview with the Hiring Manager (situational questions).
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
What is your experience? What benefits do you see between Agile vs. Waterfall? How do you motivate your team?