Is a lovely, upscale office with a full touchscreen console in the vestibule. There is a massively expensive and gaudy fish tank in the center of the office space, which is sizable. After being shown into an interview room, an unusual process begins where you are given an exam that is in no way computer-related. It is a timed test for 12 minutes which you cannot prepare for, and tests your Math and language skills to see how many questions you can answer. It appeared to have been a sort of IQ test, however the results of the test are not given to you and seem to be internal use only. You first meet with an HR representative, a nice girl who proceeds to tell you all about the great culture and events that the company has, and benefits, etc. Pure HR perspective meeting to give you a feel for the company for only about 15 minutes. Then you meet with the support manager, a middle-aged guy who wants to get a general feel for your skills and qualifications. After discussing various aspects of technology, such as Active Directory, server management, network protocols, troubleshooting skills, customer service experience, etc. I spoke to the manager for over 40 minutes. I was then asked to wait in the lobby for a while as I was being handed off to the director of support services. I then met with the director, a silver-haired guy who had been in the director position for 12 years, who claimed he hadn't been technical since taking over the department. He wanted to gain more of a perspective of my willingness to accept the position, and immediately talked salary from the beginning, which I found unusually forward and borderline unprofessional. We spoke for an additional 45 minutes, after which he had to take a meeting and then I was left to wait in the lobby area again. I apparently had one additional engineer to meet with, a senior level 3 network guy, who I would have worked under in the position. Unfortunately an emergency came up and they had to reschedule the meeting, which became a call the next morning. That call was the most technical part of the interview process, as he peppered me with network protocol, troubleshooting, and specific technology questions. After about 40 minutes, he thanked me for the time and stated that he wanted to speak with me again soon, however this never occurred. In total, this was one of the longest interview processes I've ever encountered, I spent over 3 hours at the office one afternoon and another 40 minutes on the phone the next morning.
A week passed. I didn't hear back at this point. So I sent a professionally written e-mail to the original recruiter, who doubles as the HR girl referenced above, inquiring about the status of my application. I received a generic response one hour later that they "really enjoyed meeting me" but that my skills were not a match for the company. I responded back for clarification and some additional feedback, because when you spend hours interviewing at a company and appear to be a fit for the organization, you expect to receive more than just a simple e-mail that states you aren't a fit. Never received a response back.
I mostly wrote this lengthy review to inform other people that this company doesn't appear to value you as an individual, and only what you can contribute to the business. They treat prospective candidates only in the amount of dollars they can get you in for, and it boggles my mind that every individual can provide positive feedback through the interview process, which was time consuming, yet the company wouldn't even bother to provide one shred of constructive feedback when rejecting you. What an extraordinary waste of time. Additionally, it makes me wonder if I ever would have received this feedback if I had not reached back out to the recruiter again. Would they have made me wait another week to tell me no? Would they have not told me at all? Avoid this company, the many negative reviews on this site definitely helped when I interviewed there, as well, and their process confirmed these opinions.
