I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at XPRIZE (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
Two stage process - first with an executive director and then with the team. Mostly non technical questions and behavioral questions. The first interview lasted for 30 minutes, the second interview was two hours long and very detailed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Describe your process for determining how the product should be built 2. Describe how you would react in various situations.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at XPRIZE in Jan 2022
Interview
Phone interview with HR, then 30 minute Zoom interview with hiring manager. Both interviews were rescheduled once before I was able to actually meet with them due to scheduling issues on their end. Once we had the interviews, HR was very pleasant and helpful. Interview with hiring manager seemed like it went OK, but was ghosted after the interview and never got a response, even after sending multiple follow-up requests. I found this extremely unprofessional.
I was planning to steer clear anyways based on the responses I received to asking about the low scoring Glassdoor reviews of the company culture. Was told that "we fired everyone with a bad attitude and now the culture is great, fixed everything". It did not seem like they were being honest or critical about the challenges this company is facing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Primarily situational "tell me about a time when you had to ____" type of questions.
