I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Personio in Aug 2023
Interview
I was interviewed by a recruiter who was bombarding me with emails. Then I had an interview with an Engineering manager asking scripted questions. The Eng Manager didn't have a lot of experience in Engineering which was absolutely weird to me. I couldn't connect with the Eng manager clearly, and at the end I was rejected. It was a red flag for me too when I heard the Eng manager referring to engineers as "Product engineers"... Also the company is starting to show its bad reputation in Glassdoor.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Scripted questions. Nothing interesting to learn. Tell me about a project you feel proud of. Tell me about a project you led. Tell me about...
I applied online. I interviewed at Personio in Feb 2026
Interview
Racism experienced at the first contact during the first screening call with the HR person, he exhaled in disappointment as soon as I joined the call, treated me with lack of interest and respect, was rude and showed no interest.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Personio
Interview
Non responsive recruiters right from the start. They sound excited in each call. Then disappear for weeks stating no availability.
Then schedule, and disappear again for weeks.
Chase them for feedback. You may get some may not get some.
Then be scheduled in another month.
Then keep chasing recruiters.
Final decision / feedback never comes.
How difficult is it to communicate a hire / no hire.
Even if the candidate does not join, they should leave with a positive impression about the culture. Sadly I cannot say that based on my experience
Hr and technical round. Medium level interview. Focused on analysing you in hr. And also some technical questions in hr round. That is all. Keep cool
All the very best
