The hiring process at Exchange Lab takes an average of 6 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Account Director had the quickest hiring process (on average 6 days), whereas Account Director roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 6 days).
The company is working with agencies. The agency was really heavy on communication at the beginning but then between interviews you almost have to chase them. Still waiting after weeks few lines to respectfully say that we will not go further. This is a minimum after few interviews. That does give a good image overall.
The interviews were few discussions around Agile and way of working, quite interesting. However I found it does not focus enough on people or the environment. The atmosphere did not seem that relax or friendly. It did not give me the impression of an enjoyable team spirit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Different questions around Agile methodologies and how you will act on some situations, preferably by sharing examples from your previous experiences.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Exchange Lab in Feb 2017
Interview
Telephone interview / Skype interview as a first stage, an hour face-to-face interview at the second stage. It took a couple of weeks before an interview was arranged. Not a welcoming interviewer, interview was more like an interrogation process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What behaviour should a software engineer demonstrate?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Exchange Lab (London, England) in Jun 2016
Interview
A phone interview, followed by a technical test -- a Hacker Rank online test in my case -- and a final face to face interview in their offices.
They took me down to the final stage, and the interview was a very pleasant chat. I was expecting an offer, but they called the recruiter saying I was 'too senior' for the position.
The recruiter advised me, later, that other candidates had similar issues in the past, and the Head of Development is 'skeptical to hire candidates that exhibit more technical knowledge than him'. I can't comment there, but it is effectively strange that they waited until the very final stage of the process to decide I was too senior even though they had seen my CV right from the start. I cannot recommend this company.