The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Houst (London, England) in Nov 2025
Interview
1 month interview process - had to follow up with the recruiter a few times to remind about my application and interest in the position. First round interview was with the HR and was competency experience based. Make sure your answers are relevant, unique, strong and stand out in relation to other possible candidate answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name strongest advantages of Looker Data Visualisation over MS Power BI and other data visualisation studios.
Was excited for the opportunity at Houst after receiving an invite for an initial interview. I joined the first interview and no one joined, I truly understand that life happens and things come up unexpectedly but the communication was really bad. I had to follow up after the interview mentioning that no one had shown up to interview me. A day later I was asked if I could rather attend an interview the next day which I agreed to. After that it was radio silence and no one ever got back to me again despite sending numerous follows up. I’ve never experienced this ever during an interview process and was quite disappointed at how candidates are treated so early on. I later saw the job was reposted under a different role but still no one reached out to communicate anything or apologize for the confusion and silence. How a company treats you before even entering does speak to the culture.
I applied online. I interviewed at Houst in Dec 2024
Interview
3 stages: 1) Meeting with HR, 2) 30-60 mins with team members 4) 30 min chat with CEO.
One of the weirdest situations that I've been in. CEO showed up late and hungover for the interview. He was incredibly despondent, so much so that I asked if he wanted to do this another time. He could hardly answer my questions about the company in full sentences. On top of all that, I was then ghosted by their hr team. Incredibly poor experience, regardless of what they thought of me as a candidate; it's shocking behaviour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
general product questions around how to manage a disorganised team that was slow to deliver features and maintain a backlog