OpenTent interview questions

I applied through their website and immediately got an email response. A follow up email invited me to a first interview. That interview focused on my background and company alignment. The second interview was more focused on prior work examples and direct experience. The final interview was with the CEO, which was great. I then got a job offer and went from there

Before I spoke with anyone at the company about the job or my experience, I was asked to do an exercise to set up a Salesforce org, do a small amount of configuration, populate it with data. I was also asked to be ready to speak about the data and issues I’d raise with the client. I was definitely a little put off by the exercise, since I was asked to put 3 in hours of work before anyone spoke to me. Additionally, as a Salesforce Consultant, the exercise was very easy and felt like a total waste of time. They could have gathered more about my expertise if they just spoken to me about my experience. After the exercise I spoke with someone at the company to discuss my data and architecture choices. I was then asked to speak with someone at the company with the same title, but was asked to do a case study before the conversation so we could discuss it. I finally spoke with two other folks at the company. The whole process was way too drawn out, and for such a small company it felt very impersonal. The whole process was a red flag for me.