I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed in Sep 2018
Interview
Was contacted originally by HR from Indeed on Indeed Prime, the compensation seemed really lack luster for the position but I figured I'd move through the process just to get some more interview experience and see if I changed my tune during the interview process.
HR person asked some questions, introduced me to the role & company. Set up an interview for the technical portion.
I had told the technical interviewer at the start I was on a strict timeline and couldn't go over the time allocated on the meeting. The interviewer seemed to ignore this bit and in the end asked questions that would take up the remaining 40-45 minutes we had left. I answered all the technical questions interviewer gave me, but it left me no time to discuss anything or ask questions about Indeed. I imagine he didn't like the interviewee leaving without the discussion too, but Indeed set up the interview time to 45 minutes and I gave a clear indication I had to bail at the 45 minute mark for another meeting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic string manipulation problems and some abstract math concepts, nothing hard really
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed (Austin, TX) in Aug 2018
Interview
I had an internal referral for two positions. The first one was SRE. The initial contact for the "hi, we got your referral, can you tell me a bit about yourself" call was quick, then I was ghosted. After my referrer mentioned that to people internally a different recruiter finally contacted me 6 weeks later, left a voicemail with no details, had a full voicemail when I tried to call her back, and then I get a rejection letter the next day.
For the devops position that I was referred for, before I had even been rejected for the first position, I got an acknowledgement email and then no contact going on 3 weeks.
For a company that deals with hiring and recruitment they certainly don't know how to hire people for themselves.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To have gotten an interview question would've required that an interview had happened.