I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Bird (Anaheim, CA)
Interview
The recruiter will ghost you. Received an email from recruiter wanting to schedule a phone interview. Unfortunately I had an emergency on the day of the interview and emailed the recruiter a couple of hours prior. However no response but I managed to get my things in order and emailed the recruiter again that I’m available for the scheduled interview since i didn’t receive any response from him. Waited and nothing. No call or email. I get a generic rescheduling email a couple of hours later similar to the first, with no reason. I rescheduled for a few days later. And guess what, I waited for the recruiter to call me for the second time and I didn’t get any call. Sent an email confirming my phone number and reminding him of our scheduled call and yet no response. Incredibly frustrating and unprofessional. I will not be entertaining any calls from Birds or be applying for an organization that is very unprofessional. Such a waste of my time and shows clearly how the company wants itself to be represented to talents.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No question asked because I was ghosted. A great question would be what do you think will make our recruiting process better?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Bird (Santa Monica, CA) in Jul 2019
Interview
Three different phone/Zoom interviews. Each of these steps had about a week's time in between them, with zero communication from recruiting, even if I reached out to them via email. Then a half day on-site interview. After that, I heard nothing, emailed a few days later, heard nothing. It was almost 2 weeks before I was told the outcome.
Recruiting really needs to respond to communication, and keep things warm. All I needed is "we're still working on it"; instead I got nothing. I did not feel that my time investment was respected. As someone potentially doing hiring of my own, I would have had serious concerns about how applicants would respond to this treatment.
To their credit, they did give feedback on why they passed, which was valuable and appreciated.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you assess the performance of a new team?