I received an email from one of the recruiters asking if I only intended to work remotely, to which I replied negatively as I am open to different regimes. However, my resume contained a sentence saying I was looking for my next fully remote role, which was not updated.
I found the email to be distasteful when the recruiter decided to contact me to immediately reject me, without even being open to listening to what I had to say about my case, placing my potential match and competence in the role with an outdated sentence that I would gladly remove. If you're not there to be open to a potential resolution, why waste my time then?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are looking for fully remote according to your resume, am I correct?
The process: screening call with HR, 1-hour interview with a hiring manager, a take-home case study with presentation to the team, and a final "cultural fit" interview with the COO and PM. Five steps in total.
The interviews themselves weren't particularly challenging - straightforward questions, nothing unexpected. I made it to the final round.
The case study is where I'd warn people. They say it takes approximately 3 days, which is true only if those are full working days. It's a substantial piece of work - multiple datasets, competitive analysis, a full GTM strategy. During one of the sessions, an interviewer mentioned they were "writing down ideas." Draw your own conclusions. I'm not the first person to notice this - it shows up in other reviews here too.
The final interview was framed as a cultural fit conversation. It wasn't. It was a competency-based interview with the kind of questions that should have come up in round one - plus two additional challenges. Nothing about values, culture, or mutual fit. Felt like a different interview was inserted at the last minute.
The process was pushed to move quickly on their end. When I needed the same urgency from them, scheduling became difficult.
The ending: a short WhatsApp message saying they wouldn't be moving forward. No feedback, no call, no explanation - after five rounds and a multi-day case study. That's the part that sticks. The least a company can do after asking that much from a candidate is a brief honest conversation about why.
If you're considering applying: go in with eyes open about the case study investment and manage your expectations about how you'll be treated at the end of the process.
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