It was the oddest on-site ever. They literally spent the entire time going over my resume line by line questioning all my choices in life to see how I got to where I am today. Super dumb considering when you’re 18-22 you’re most likely just trying to figure things out. Very little time was spent on my current/relevant experience and then we ran short on time. I never got a follow up call or response although I followed up with the recruiter and the people I interviewed with several times. Very unprofessional and disappointing for a company I thought so highly of.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Slack (Naas) in Dec 2019
Interview
Such a great efficient process even through the Christmas holidays. Alan was fantastic and kept me informed along the way. An extremely enjoyable process over all.
The process itself gives you an opportunity to reflect on your career and what you have learnt over the years which is not something I experienced in such dept in other interview processes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would a previous manager say are your strengths and weaknesses
I applied online. I interviewed at Slack in Feb 2020
Interview
Astonished at what a poor experience Slack's recruiting was! I was contacted by a recruiter from Slack for a first step phone interview. They asked me to select some times over the next week that I am available using their online calendar. So I did that promptly within a few hours of receiving the email, and then let them know I had done so and look forward to connecting. Great.
7 days go by with absolutely no response or contact. What the hell! I sent a follow-up email since I hadn’t heard back. Still got no response. Finally, a different recruiter contacted me and set a time to do the phone interview. I'm not dying to leave my current position, but ok I let it slide.
The interview went well, very basic questions, although I could tell she was not very familiar with the position. She said she'd follow up with me within a few days about some questions she couldn't answer and things she needed to confirm. I think I was way overqualified for the position. And that's fine.
However I never received any kind of follow-up after the pathetic phone screening (it's been almost 2 weeks now). At least get back to me and say they've decided to not consider me, etc. But I feel like I got ghosted on twice now. I dodged a bullet honestly, because there's no way I would want to join a company that actually ghosts on candidates like it's some kind of dating app. Very unprofessional, and shows what a disorganized place it probably is. Maybe it got on the best places to work list because no one has to actually do any work and can get away with this amateur behavior? Hard pass. Also the salary was very subpar for SF Bay Area and the future of Slack is questionable. They have one product that does one thing, with larger competitors on their heels.
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