I applied online. I interviewed at Deel in Jul 2024
Interview
I had an initial 30 minute interview with a recruiter at Deel that went well. The recruiter was kind, asked relevant screening questions, and answered my questions. As a next step, I was provided a calendar link to select time to meet with the Hiring Manager for 30 minutes. I did quite a bit of preparation going into this call, reviewing the sales managers LinkedIn (his posts and his comments) as he was very active on there. Upon joining the call, I could immediately tell that he was not prepared. In fact, one of the first things he said to me was "I'm sorry I'm not very prepared, we had SKO last week" which immediately rubbed me the wrong way. As a manager who posts on LI about interviewees needing to treat interviews like they would a sales call and "closing them", he surely didn't take his own advice. I wouldn't go into a sales call and start it with "I'm not prepared". As an AE, you make the time to get prepared, and if you absolutely can't, then you ask to reschedule to ensure nobody is wasting their time. The first question he asked me was if I was interviewing anywhere else and where. I shared a couple with him and he immediately was telling me to go with one company over the other "if I were him". This was really strange. We hadn't discussed anything about Deel yet or my background and he seemed to already be pushing me away. This really threw me off. He went on to ask me to share my background/experience with him. He asked what my quota was (they have 1 million dollar quota minimum) and length of sales cycle. That's all he seemed to care about. He didn't ask any other questions or specifics (didn't ask about sales approach, challenges, any won deals or lost deals, etc.) As I was sharing my experience, he was stretching and twisting in his chair and appeared to be completely uninterested in anything I had to say and not really paying attention. The entire interview just felt unprofessional and off. I was left with a very bad taste in my mouth for the company and more specifically, this manager. Needless to say, I didn't get moved on to the next round but had that invitation been opened, I would have declined. I am sure the company and product are outstanding, but I knew I would not want to work under this leadership.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you interviewing any where else?
What was your quota?
How long were the sales cycles?
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The Deel Team
This was the worst interview I have ever experienced. I wasn't even asked about my past job experience or who I am at all. I basically got a 30 minute rundown of the amount of days off and the benefits. I immediately started to question how they ensure people are qualified for a role if the recruiter doesn't ask any questions. I did not get a 2nd interview which was expected due to not having 1 question to answer that was relevant. Very unprofessional and left a bad taste in my mouth about the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I honestly can't remember 1 single question that sticks out to me. It was very strange.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Deel (Seoul) in Apr 2024
Interview
I had an online interview with the person in charge of APAC Talent Acquisition.
It was an ordinary interview, but the interviewer's attitude was very unprofessional and rude.
He didn't focus on the interview, but kept yawning and seemed annoyed.
Due to the interviewer's rude attitude, I became negative about this process shortly after the interview.
I've experienced a lot of interviews, but I can say it's the worst.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your career.
What is your experience with HR service business?