I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Fractal Software (New York, NY)
Interview
I was engaged with various members of the fractal team for about five weeks. I appreciated how thorough the process was and the team was friendly. There was an initial screen and then two separate hour-long interviews. I also attended a happy hour event they put on for candidates. The final interview was a mock case that I spent ~5 hours putting together ahead of the interview (e.g. market research, live interviews, creating the mock pitch). Given the opportunity, I was prepared to allocate time to the process and had no complaints there as a result. What I found most surprising was that Fractal would not provide feedback to me after their final no hire decision because it's "not part of their practice". I found it shocking that they were not open to sharing feedback with candidates who invested several hours in the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They shared a mock startup idea and I was to act as the founder and create a compelling pitch for VCs.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Fractal Software (New York, NY) in Jun 2022
Interview
1. Phone Screening
2. Work Sample
3. 1-hour long interview (30 min with someone on the team and 30 min with the Manager)
4. follow up interview
5. reference check
6. follow up interview
The interview process took over a month from start to finish. In the last conversation, they said they made me believe I was getting an offer and never did. After asking for feedback, I got no response.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. If you had to pick either a literary character or public figure of any kind that best
describes you, who would it be? In one sentence, why?
2. What do you think about Vertical SaaS?
3. What is 1 skill that you are in the top 0.1% in the world in?
I applied online. I interviewed at Fractal Software in Feb 2022
Interview
The interview process was a 30min screening interview with a member of the talent team. The interview was not structured enough and too much information from the interviewer. They seem to want to focus on hiring consultants to join the program instead of seasoned entrepreneur which doesn't make a lot of sense.