I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Backbase (Ciudad de Mexico) in Oct 2021
Interview
A good process experience in general, first set of filters are standard, first with RH, then with a senior interviewer of your field (applied job), after that it can vary, In my case i got into another set of case analysis, story refinement and more topics related to BA's with a couple more senior members.
Last step consist of interviews with Delivery Directors and a case presentation, you are presented with a mock up scenario and you have to show the driving of customer management, story management and refinement and team management as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you handle a customer forcing requirements out of scope?
The person from the recruitment team set up an interview but never turned up. He emailed 2 min before the meeting that he cannot join. An organization who cannot respect people's time us not worth conversing with. Pls refrain from discussing any roles with this form as it is a waste of time as they don't value candidates time
Smooth interview process that didn't take long. Questions were straightforward and related to working in agile. Presentation and case study followed at the final step of the interview process. Great experience in a group setting
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: How do you work with the product owner to gather requirements?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Backbase (Melbourne)
Interview
A waste of time during 3 rounds. In the final in-person round, the interviewers wasted first 15 mins by doing logistics in the co-working space and coming unprepared. The meeting room was occupied by another party for a while. A couple of people stayed fixated on things that were not relevant to the core topic of the presentation. I spent a week, working almost full time, for giving my best shot. Half of the panel was good, but the other half just made it easy for me to decide to withdraw my application without bothering about the fourth round (which they did not notify me about, at the beginning of the hiring process). Not worth working along side. In one of the earlier round, I felt the interviewers had no etiquettes for holding a conversation. Basics like active listening, not interrupting until someone has finished were non-existent. I felt like the interviewers got their real world problems solved from the skilled BA professionals without even having them onboard. Unfortunate for the candidates. The case study was relevant but the amount of work and type of work that is given makes you doubt the real intent, especially when feedback and decision making process on their side is ambiguous.
