I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Slack
Interview
Recruiter reached out on Linkedin and expressed interest in my profile. Phone screen was scheduled quickly that I cleared. Then they moved me to onsite and pressurized to come onsite asap. Gave an assignment for which they requested a solution and presentation. Submitted the solution before onsite. During onsite the steps were:
1. Presenting the solution to the interview panel.
2. 1-1 interviews with hiring manager, engineering managers, product manager, and lead engineer, and recruiter.
3. Lunch interview with the peer in the targeted team.
As other reviewers mentioned they will pressurize you to move forward asap. Recruiter will mention that they want to make a decision faster so they want to give you a fair chance. But after your interview they might not get back to you right away. In my case, they got back to me after 2 weeks and that too on my follow-up.
Overall a negative experience from recruiting perspective. But a positive experience from the actual interviewing team. Team was very good and was solving some difficult problems. However, I will stay away from Slack in future.
Relatively good interview process - but took way to long to respond even after many rounds of interviews. Went through an initial HR interview, then another stakeholder interview with a sr PM, and then another with a group PM.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General style that asked about experience working with developers.
Efficient and informative interview process. Grateful for the opportunity to interview and enjoyed the process as they answered all my questions and addressed all comments and concerns I had about the position.
The interview process was fairly efficient- I spoke to a recruiter then a member of the Product Team. They gave me an overview of the job description and the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some ideas you have for monetizing more Slack features?
