I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Optiv
Interview
Avoid! Got to the 5th and final round after 2 months of a video tape recording(s) and 2 previous face-to-face interviews. At the final interview, 2 of the 3 people did not turn up. I was left with one woman who was completely uninterested - kept checking her instant messenger as she was talking to me. The questions were flat and just plain awful - for the final round of interviews, it was just plain awful. At the end, I left the building baffled and confused. I reached out to them, asking when we could all meet again (bearing in mind 2 out of 3 were not there), but no reply to email. Then I saw that they had posted the job on LinkedIn, 3 days before they bothered to contact me to say I didn't get the job (almost a week after they said they would call). They stated that I lacked a skill-set - that was neither mentioned during the whole 2 month interview process, nor was stated in the brand new job description (that was posted on LinkedIn). There is something seriously wrong with the communication and hiring process here.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Optiv in Jan 2018
Interview
Received an email inviting me to do a video interview. Questions were typical. The company uses HireVue and AI (yep- artificial intelligence) to “analyze” and rank you – not based on your answers, but the tone of your voice, movements, etc. If you have any type of stutter, twitch, vision or hearing problem that you normally wouldn’t have to disclose – you are clearly out of luck. I am all for high tech but this is beyond crazy and discriminatory to many. It’s insulting enough that as applicants we have to deal with ATS systems that are a black hole and recruiters who often don’t have near the background of those of us interviewing for these careers in technology, but this AI “analysis” takes on a new level. I was told by the video interviewer that I would be contacted soon with the next step. A week later, received an email saying I didn’t match what they are looking for. I think your company could do so much better than this and am incredibly disappointed in a company with your potential stooping to this. I find it very hard to believe that you don’t have time to call and talk to a person.
