I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at 1000heads (London, England) in Oct 2025
Interview
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME COMPLETING A TASK FOR THIS AGENCY.
I completed 4 rounds total with 1000heads, one of which was in person.
They had me complete a complicated and in depth task/presentation that was definitely above the level of anything that would usually be expected as a SAM but I was happy to spend some time on this. The task took approximately 4 hours to complete to a high standard.
I did one final stage as a 'chemistry check' in person. Both hiring managers were 15 minutes late to the meeting and I sat in their empty reception waiting.
I was in there almost 1 hour at 5pm. That is the last I heard from them.
At time of writing I have emailed 6 times requesting feedback and have been completely ignored. I can only assume they are using interview candidates to farm for project work in the guise of 'interview tasks' and then ghosting.
I made it to the second interview, followed up after a week and then was ghosted by the company. Really unfortunate since a rejection email only takes about 1 min to write and send.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain one situation in your current role that was challenging
interview started back end of Nov 2024, screening, one virtual interview, follwed by a presentation interview i did in person. I was hold ill hear back before xmas holidays, which then changed to early jan, which then changed to mid feb.. when i finally got rejected. Kept on a string for 3 months with no real time frame even though the job was advertised from November. Very unprofessional
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
produce a deck outlining insights, following a skills assesment on excel