I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at guidde in Dec 2025
Interview
Fairly standard. Recruiter screen followed by a call with the hiring manager. They then sent over a technical assignment. It was pretty standard affair in terms of testing one's ability to use a low code solution but a bit odd in terms of purpose / GTM value. It did not test anything along those lines which made more sense in the next rounds.
What followed was a call with their "Head of GenAI". While he seemed familiar with low-code tooling, he got stuck on why I bothered with normalizing/structuring data which I thought was odd. I looked into his experience and it doesn't paint a picture of someone with a deep background in AI. Despite some awkwardness there, I went on to a call with a founder. He was pretty scattergun in the sense he just went right into asking what I was currently working on, would interrupt in a pretty pointed manner to ask "why" I was doing what I was doing (while I was in the middle of explaining my work) and generally did not seem to really understand or be interested in anything I was telling him. Some of his questions made sense but some of the stuff he got stuck on reminded me of my call with the Head of GenAI in the sense that they weren't challenging or important questions. They ended up passing on me which was not a surprise. I think their evaluation criteria was a little off and ultimately this was the best thing for both parties.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your strategy for dealing with updates/changes in AI models?
The interview process included an initial conversation with HR, followed by an interview with the team lead, a take-home assignment, and a final presentation to the VP of Customer Success.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to walk them through how I manage the end-to-end onboarding process and how I collaborate with other teams.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at guidde (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Feb 2025
Interview
I had a disappointing experience with the interview process at Guidde. After an initial conversation with HR (covering my experience, salary expectations, and next steps), I had a 45-minute "introductory" interview with the QA Team Lead. At the end of the call, I was given an assignment that was supposed to take a few hours but ended up taking over a day due to its complexity.
The task required me to analyze a competitor's website, write detailed requirements, and then create test cases based on them. However, as a QA engineer, my role is not to write requirements at all—the company should have provided clear requirements, on which test case creation would be based. Despite this, I approached the task thoroughly and ended up writing over 180 test cases following the requirements' flow.
After submitting the assignment, I was invited to a technical interview (1.5 hours) with the QA Team Lead, followed by a VP R&D interview (1 hour), both of which I passed. Then, I had a final formal interview with the company’s founder, who appeared disinterested, even yawning several times. Despite a positive reference check (which I was informed about), I was ultimately rejected—citing that my test cases were "scattered and unorganized."
This raises two major concerns:
If my test cases were truly an issue, why proceed with multiple additional interviews?
Why conduct reference checks, which typically confirm a candidate's suitability?
The entire process felt inconsistent and frustrating. Moreover, the company’s assignment expectations were unrealistic and misaligned with the actual responsibilities of a QA role. If there were another candidate, I assume they would have simply said they chose someone else—which would have been understandable. Instead, the handling of my rejection felt disorganized and unprofessional. Very disappointed with this experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why a startup, where there is a lot of pressure due to the small number of testers?
