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      VP of Information Technology Interview

      2 Feb 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ELEMENTS (CO) in Jan 2024

      Interview

      TL;DR: Incredibly messy interview process with poor communication from recruiter. You'll meet with the same set of people, multiple times, that will ask you the same questions- just packaged differently. Read company Glassdoor reviews to get more insight into how employees view the company. Interview process steps: 1. Initial interview with recruiter - Talked about my background, role, and company. After some probing questions, recruiter mentioned this position has been hard to fill due to certain people on the team making it difficult to hire a candidate and the changing decisions from upper management on what they were looking for. Asked if he “scared me off yet”. I wanted to see for myself, so I scheduled panel interviews with the teams. I thought it was odd the screening interview was more negative about the people and politics than trying to sell me on the actual role. 2. Panel interviews - Met with IT team first- it was fine. I could tell questions weren’t super prepared and they definitely were not taking notes. We kept getting off tangent and the interview lasted for 2 hours. Second panel interview was with the CEO, Head of People, and Transformation Officer. Questions were pretty straight forward- strategy, experience, people management, etc. 3. In-person interviews- I was then asked to do an in person interview, which I thought would be my final. I showed up to HQ and was put in a conference room surrounded by the same group of people (6 total), that I met previously. Discussion was lighthearted, but I quickly realized that the questions they kept asking me were basically the same as my online panel interview questions, just asked differently. This was odd to me for two reasons. First, based on our interviews, shouldn’t they have my answers? Second, if they were trying to get clarity on those questions, they didn’t bother asking them. Either way, I got a tour of the office at the end and got to see the IT area. I’m not going to go into detail, but l was shocked how old school this IT team was doing things, based on the age of the company. This just shows their team lacks modern training and best practices to do their work. After my interview, I didn’t hear from the recruiter at all for two days, after which I had to reach out to him for an update. 4. Fill-in questions - Lastly the questionnaire. After the update, I was told by the recruiter the team is still figuring out which candidate they liked and needed clarity on a couple of questions. The team needed to draft them up and I would have the weekend to fill it out and return them. Surprise surprise, the questions I received were once again similar to the questions asked by the interview team the last two times I met with them. I still filled out all the questions and sent them to the recruiter. I called him shortly after asking him to give me a call back- no return, but an email that said they would review and get back to me by COB the next day. Next day came and nothing- no update. I made myself available so I could take the call, just in case there were any questions. The next day, still nothing, until I once again had to follow up with him to get an update. As a candidate I just let him know that I would appreciate simple communication from my recruiter and the company. The recruiter almost made me feel like I wasn’t being patient. While I had him on the phone, I asked him about the duplicate questions the team seemed to be asking me and he agreed with me and said that management doesn’t know what they want and it is a mess, but “he’s not going to stick a gun to my head and make me want this job”. I reiterated that I did, but that I just wanted to be communicated with. In all my years interviewing people and being interviewed, I’ve never had to deal with a company that was so callous in their approach to hiring talent, and their unprofessional approach to interviewing and interacting with candidates. If you want to work for a company that’s truly going to care about how you grow personally and professionally, this is not the place.

      Interview questions [12]

      Question 1

      Upon hire, how will you integrate with the organization in the first 60 days of your tenure?
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      Question 2

      What information or tools can we provide you with to support your onboarding process as the VP of IT at Elements?
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      Question 3

      Can you describe a specific instance where you successfully scaled both IT systems and teams to meet increased demand or growth within your organization? What were the key challenges you faced, and how did you overcome them?
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      Question 4

      Describe a situation where you partnered with MSPs/Consultants/Technology Partners to implement department initiatives. What were the outcomes?
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      Question 5

      What strategies have you implemented to reduce spending while still meeting organizational & departmental goals? What were the outcomes?
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      Question 6

      Security is a significant concern in any IT environment. How do you approach security measures differently for PC and Mac systems? Can you discuss your experience in implementing security protocols, software, and best practices tailored to each platform?
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      Question 7

      Provide an overview of your involvement in server migrations, along with your philosophy around both Cloud vs On-Site Servers.
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      Question 8

      Describe a situation where you had to manage the needs and expectations of multiple stakeholders within your current/previous organization. What were some of the specific needs and expectations, and what was the outcome of your actions?
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      Question 9

      Describe a situation where you utilized various Applications/Software to remedy organizational pain points? What were the outcomes?
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      Question 10

      What was the hardest decision you’ve had to make as a leader? What was the outcome, and what helped prompt the best course of action?
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      Question 11

      If we were to ask your direct reports to describe your leadership style, what would they say?
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      Question 12

      Scenario: Many senior executives complain of important emails blocked like personal invitations, business banking/ legal encrypted documents, non-US sender, compressed/self-extracting formats, and embedded links because of content filter failure policies. In a senior leadership meeting, the team has asked you to remove all content filtering as they are missing important emails, both personally and professionally. How would you approach this problem?
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