A very convoluted hiring process. I met a recruiter and submitted my resume at an on-campus job fair. Was contacted within a week to start the interview process. 30-minute phone screen with recruiter, followed by a one-hour meeting on-site with the hiring manager a few days after. A week later, I was invited on-site again for a more extensive round of interviews. 30-minute 1:1 meetings with four different employees, and a panel interview at the end. For the panel interview, I was given a prompt beforehand to prepare a presentation on introducing a new feature to a hypothetical product. Throughout my 1:1s and the panel interview, the interviewers challenged me to back up my assertions with reasoning. They like to play devil's advocate a lot. I appreciated that, as I saw my weaknesses exposed and was able to learn from it. But I can see how some interviewees would be rattled by the experience. Every PM candidate has to go through the panel interview, and they really look for someone with solid knowledge of agile methodologies. In the midst of all of this, I had to complete a timed online math/logic test, which I thought was a complete waste of time, as I cannot see how it would determine if a candidate was a good fit or not. Also had to write a letter explaining how my personal value's aligned with Mitchell's, which the CEO reads apparently. Fairly straightforward process so far, but it was what happened afterwards that had me puzzled. I was then passed off to another team. Didn't have to do the panel interview again, but had to go on-site for more 1:1s. Ended with a good conversation with the hiring manager over lunch. However, got an email from the recruiter soon after explaining that they need someone sooner than my school year ended, so they decided to pass on me. A few weeks later, the recruiter reached out again saying that a few more positions opened up. Scheduled me for more 1:1s. However, the day before I was due to appear on-site, she informed me that she had to cancel all of my interviews since the department only has budget to hire an internal candidate. Overall, I felt that communication from the recruiter and hiring managers was not clear and consistent, resulting in a lot of time wasted for me. I also know other candidates who had similar experiences (and instead accepted offers at high profile Silicon Valley software companies). It seems that Mitchell is extremely selective, which is good, but it seems that even they are not sure what they are looking for.

Met with multiple interviewers none seemed very enthusiastic about the company the culture there seemed somewhat negative and I sensed some employees were burnt out, not the right fit for me