Applied online. A couple weeks later a recruiter reached out via email to set up phone screening. Next was a 30 min phone interview with the hiring manager. She showed up over 10+ minutes late and seemed rushed & uninterested the entire time. Questions were generic and read straight from a list (not necessary bad in itself - that does standardize interviews). But things got worse when she abruptly ended the call early to, in her words, get ready for her next meeting.
Didn't hear anything from Slack for a couple weeks so I followed up with the recruiter, but heard nothing back. Ghosted. Even an automatically generated 'Thanks but no thanks' email would have been appreciated.
I love the platform so I was excited about the opportunity, but now my perception of Slack as a company has changed.
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Slack
Interview
Very Disappointing - spent over 2 months. 2 phone screens 5 video calls and a take home assignment. When the time came, they chose someone else because my background didn't align with what they wanted. That would've been clear after 1 call, they had my resume. I felt strung along and that they had no respect for me. I expect they get a ton of great candidates because the company is doing so well, but they could've just told me they were going another way much sooner. They wasted a lot of my time.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Slack
Interview
Totally ghosted after a four hour on-site interview! I can only assume there is no offer coming... I’ve never heard from anyone despite a few follow up emails sent over several weeks. I was so excited by Slack and everything their culture stood for. Met with much of the HR team and........ silence. Seems to be rule #1 of candidate/employee experience is to communicate no matter the outcome. So disappointed that they can’t even bother to acknowledge the time taken for the interview - in the end I’m glad I got to see this real side of Slack.