I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Vertical Trail (Chicago, IL) in May 2018
Interview
The interview process was pretty swift. I applied online and was initially contacted by their internal recruiter. We had a short phone screen to confirm my resume and background. Then, I had a formal video call interview with him. After, I had a video call interview with the partners. I appreciated this flexibility, as I had not yet relocated to Chicago. Many other companies I interviewed with insisted on in-person interviews only beyond their initial phone screen. The recruiter kept me updated every step of the way, and was open about the process as well as company expectations. Since it's not a huge company, there wasn't much lag time, if any, between interviews. The final step was coming into their main office to meet employees and get a sense of the work environment. Overall great experience, far better than the interview process at other companies I was applying to at that time.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Can you tell me about past clients you've managed?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Vertical Trail (Chicago, IL) in Jun 2017
Interview
Started with a corporate recruiter e-mailing, then a call with the recruiter. After that, a call with one of their partners, and I eventually had what was a 'phone screening' with one of their technical leads. The phone screening was absurdly sterile and pointless, and lacked any personality - it reminded me of corporate culture. The gentleman asked questions that indicated he not only had no experience in agile/devops workflow, but then disputed my responses as 'not from his experience'. Even basic things like 'not building silos' and keeping things as disposable as possible were concepts he was not familiar with, in 'his experience'.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you reverse changes to a testing data set and how would you keep your DBA from breaking your entire pipeline?
