While I had a positive experience with the internal recruiter who was organised and communicative, the interviews with the hiring team were poor. The content, questions and attendees of each interview weren’t as advised. Many questions felt like free consulting in disguise about live business problems. After the interviews, I saw they used one of my ideas for free. I wasn’t given the opportunity to share the presentation I was asked to prepare. At times, the interviewers were hostile and seemed more interested in gaining competitor insights from my previous employers than me as a candidate. The goalposts also shifted constantly. Each interview, what was required of the role changed. They spent a lot of time on questions about skills and market knowledge that contradicted what the recruiter briefed me on and weren’t in the job description. I was asked increasingly impossible questions on how I would achieve large goals, that most companies would put significant resource behind, by myself with no resource or budget. Overall confusing and very disappointing.

I had a smooth and well-structured interview process handled by an extremely competent recruiter. The team members I spoke to were really smart, motivated and approachable. The process included recruiter screening, hiring manager interview, interviews with 2 cross-functional team members, a take-home assessment and a final interview with the global department lead.