I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bolt
Interview
There’s a lot I could unpack here, but I’ll keep it short (unlike the interview process at Bolt).
The interview process at Bolt was one of the most time-consuming, unstructured, and oddly disrespectful hiring processes I’ve encountered in the EU market during past 15 years.
The first recruiter call was fine, technically. Minimal human interaction, low energy. It felt less like a conversation and more like a checkbox exercise. Then came the home assignment. I spent a serious amount of time on it, passed it, great feedback, let’s continue.
The first interview was the highlight. An interviewer outside of head office: professional, experienced in e-commerce, genuinely good to talk to. We clicked. That was the moment I thought, okay, maybe this is going somewhere.
Next step: two interviews. One interviewer proudly announced he has a tendency to go over time. He wasn’t lying. Almost two hours instead of one. It wasn’t an interview so much as a slow roast, highlighting a noticeable gap in interview standards.
The next interview was fine, but repetitive. Same questions, different business cases. By the end, I had effectively done the same job six times
The process concluded in the traditional way: silence. Follow-up emails quietly vanished. Eventually, months after, a short piece of written feedback appeared, seemingly autogenerated, marking the official end.
Overall, a process that managed to consume a lot of time, I feel truly sorry for those who went through it being unemployed. In my case it was rather an excersise and exploration of opportunities
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Taking potential Bolt business opportunities (self-driving cars, coffee delivery, etc ) and doing the whole product exploration, planning, KPI selection, MVP, etc.
Pretty diligent but not much different from any other sales interviews just a little bit longer of a process than other company’s. You will go through pretty much the entire sales org when interviewing
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What about your past experience is going to help you succeed here.
Easy process to go.through them, very fast answer sand clear perspective of what is needed. Enjoy the whole process around the interview and believe in the company. Would recommend applying.