3 rounds of interview. The first round was with hiring manager who asked basic questions around product management and explained about the role. The next round was a 4hr panel interview with the engineering and product team. They asked mostly scenario based and project management related questions. The last round was with the VP of product. He asked general questions around product management and interest in the role.

Had a number of phone interviews and was invited for an on-site. On-site was for 3 hours, consisted of two video calls and three in-person interviews. Interviews were pretty “casual” and the people just wanted to “have a conversation.” I thought the discussions went well and that I connected with the interviewers. One week goes by, no contact from the company. I ping the recruiter, he says he’ll let me know when he gets feedback from the team. Two more weeks pass, no contact from the company. Company background preparation: I’ve been wondering what type of company Bluescape is, and did some research for the interview. I originally thought it was a startup, but was wondering why they have been languishing and not growing like other companies like Zoom or Ringcentral that are in somewhat similar spaces? It turns out that they are a private company, started and owned by Haworth, a large private office furniture reseller, as a way to bring “new technology” into the business (think office wall of digital displays for signage/content). They’ve managed to gain some traction in enterprise markets that utilize large amounts of visual data, such as surveillance and entertainment. They’re trying to take the existing hodge-podge system and build it into a more architected platform, and have also hired a bunch of old-timer managers and engineers from Blackberry to help grow it.