I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at BetterUp
Interview
The process consisted of a recruiter screen, a hiring manager interview, 6 panel interviews including a take-home project that is discussed at one of the interviews, an executive interview, then another founder/executive interview.
Unfortunately I have to agree with many other reviewers in stating that I wouldn't recommend interviewing here. I received very strong feedback after the panel interviews and made it all the way until the final executive interview only to be told that the team is going in a different direction. Prior to this point I was already getting frustrated that the final interviews were taking much longer to schedule than what recruiting initially promised. For a company that talks so much about scaling their solutions, this process is completely unscalable. The hiring manager also called me after every round to provide feedback and it did sound like there were some concerns the team had about some of my experience, but why put me all the way through to the final round and not just end it there if these issues were deal breakers? In total I invested over 2 months from start to end with this company. Some of the people I spoke with were great, super sharp. But unless BetterUp is the only company you'd want to work for, the stress of going through this process wasn't worth it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to make a decision with a limited amount of information.
The process is exhausting and at times unpleasant due to the length, complexity, and the attitude of the recruiter and some members of the BetterUp team. I would not recommend interviewing with this company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Be ready to answer 50+ product and behavior questions
I applied online. I interviewed at BetterUp in Nov 2022
Interview
After first 2 interviews that went well (their feedback) i received the assignment, where it is expected to commit at least 4 hours and develop a PRD doc. That is in my opinion just a crazy requirement as it is expected that you commit at least half a day to do it, and for free... So i wrote in the opening of the document i committed only 1h. After that i was ghosted. I asked for the feedback, and one of the HRs replied she will get back to me, and never did. All in all not a positive experience. Expecting that candidates do free work and commit crazy hours to it, while just ghosting them is really unprofessional!
Definitely on the long side. There was a recruiter round, a behavioural round with the hiring manager, a take-home case and presentation, a set of cross-functional interviews with 4-5 members of the team, an additional case interview with the HM, and two executive rounds. However, folks on the team are incredible and you can tell they live and breathe the culture of kindness; everyone was very welcoming and easy to talk to, and were immensely passionate about the mission.
Recruiter was also incredible; had the chance to work with Courtney who was very professional, prompt with responses, easy to work with, set clear expectations, and overall made the interview process a very seamless one.
