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I've interviewing for an exciting opportunity at a company who has 100% positive reviews from employees, but 100% negative reviews from candidates in the interview section. Most common critiques are:
- Recruitment communication seems all over the place
- No behavioral/bg questions asked
- Long process
- Suspicion that case study seems to be a free consulting grab
Personally, I've been less annoyed by this except the excessive case study work.
I've heard some say that the interview process is highly indicative of the employee experience, but assuming these reviews are accurate, they seem to indicate that it's rather separate and that I could expect a positive experience on the job.
Based on this data, should I be concerned that the company's day to day will be as haphazard and negative as the interview process?
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I've interviewing for an exciting opportunity at a company who has 100% positive reviews from employees, but 100% negative reviews from candidates in the interview section. Most common critiques are:
- Recruitment communication seems all over the place
- No behavioral/bg questions asked
- Long process
- Suspicion that case study seems to be a free consulting grab
Personally, I've been less annoyed by this except the excessive case study work.
I've heard some say that the interview process is highly indicative of the employee experience, but assuming these reviews are accurate, they seem to indicate that it's rather separate and that I could expect a positive experience on the job.
Based on this data, should I be concerned that the company's day to day will be as haphazard and negative as the interview process?
interviewing glassdoor
"Based on this data, should I be concerned that the company's day to day will be as haphazard and negative as the interview process?" Probably, if you work for whatever department that handles the interview process.
– sf02
7 hours ago
Haha, solid point! That lowers my concerns since I'm not applying for HR.
– John
7 hours ago
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I've interviewing for an exciting opportunity at a company who has 100% positive reviews from employees, but 100% negative reviews from candidates in the interview section. Most common critiques are:
- Recruitment communication seems all over the place
- No behavioral/bg questions asked
- Long process
- Suspicion that case study seems to be a free consulting grab
Personally, I've been less annoyed by this except the excessive case study work.
I've heard some say that the interview process is highly indicative of the employee experience, but assuming these reviews are accurate, they seem to indicate that it's rather separate and that I could expect a positive experience on the job.
Based on this data, should I be concerned that the company's day to day will be as haphazard and negative as the interview process?
interviewing glassdoor
I've interviewing for an exciting opportunity at a company who has 100% positive reviews from employees, but 100% negative reviews from candidates in the interview section. Most common critiques are:
- Recruitment communication seems all over the place
- No behavioral/bg questions asked
- Long process
- Suspicion that case study seems to be a free consulting grab
Personally, I've been less annoyed by this except the excessive case study work.
I've heard some say that the interview process is highly indicative of the employee experience, but assuming these reviews are accurate, they seem to indicate that it's rather separate and that I could expect a positive experience on the job.
Based on this data, should I be concerned that the company's day to day will be as haphazard and negative as the interview process?
interviewing glassdoor
interviewing glassdoor
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"Based on this data, should I be concerned that the company's day to day will be as haphazard and negative as the interview process?" Probably, if you work for whatever department that handles the interview process.
– sf02
7 hours ago
Haha, solid point! That lowers my concerns since I'm not applying for HR.
– John
7 hours ago
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"Based on this data, should I be concerned that the company's day to day will be as haphazard and negative as the interview process?" Probably, if you work for whatever department that handles the interview process.
– sf02
7 hours ago
Haha, solid point! That lowers my concerns since I'm not applying for HR.
– John
7 hours ago
"Based on this data, should I be concerned that the company's day to day will be as haphazard and negative as the interview process?" Probably, if you work for whatever department that handles the interview process.
– sf02
7 hours ago
"Based on this data, should I be concerned that the company's day to day will be as haphazard and negative as the interview process?" Probably, if you work for whatever department that handles the interview process.
– sf02
7 hours ago
Haha, solid point! That lowers my concerns since I'm not applying for HR.
– John
7 hours ago
Haha, solid point! That lowers my concerns since I'm not applying for HR.
– John
7 hours ago
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Glassdoor can be useful to flag up things to watch for, but it's definitely not a replacement for going to the company, doing the interview and making your own decision on how the company itself 'feels'. In an interview you have every right to dig as deeply as you need to assuage any fears you have about the company (hopefully without being insulting though!)
Regarding the interview process - I've found that the quality and speed of this can vary considerably from department to department, and it can abruptly change when the process is handed over to a HR department, or to a busy director for decision making.
On the subject of free consulting, I've been asked to do whiteboards, to plan out processes and make hour long presentations on complex subjects. I've never considered it to be free consulting - it feels like a good way for me to get to know the people I might be working with, and for them to feel out the limits of my knowledge more effectively than a formal interview.
You should usually assume that at least a handful of Glassdoor reviews are written by disgruntled ex-employees or rejected candidates, and that a handful of them are written by middle management wanting to make the company look better. Not always the case, but anecdotally I've heard of employees being asked to improve Glassdoor ratings, and I've actually spoken to someone who left a scathing review of my current employer, and he admitted it was highly exaggerated because he was angry at his (then) boss.
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You say 100% of reviews are either positive or negative, but numbers also matter. If one candidate reviewed them poorly, vs 20 employees, then that should tell you something.
Also worth remembering is that the reviews on glass door are sometimes very subjective, rather than objective. You could find it a much better place to work than the person who felt strongly enough about the place to review it, even though they only ever interviewed there.
At any rate, don't stress before you've actually faced the interviewers, and gotten a vibe for the place. Remember that an interview is a two way conversation, and that you're assessing them as much as they you.
You can use the opportunity to ask them about their processes, projects in the works, etc. If their interview process ends up involving a convoluted programming assignment, you can choose to discontinue the process, you can push back on the task, etc.
You have options, but you won't know what those options are unless you play the game.
Good point. There were about 40 on both ends, just FYI.
– John
7 hours ago
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The interview process is when both the employer and employee are on their best behavior.
Neither one is ever as good afterwards.
Always remember when you are interviewing with a company, you are also interviewing that company. If there are problems with the interview, they will only be worse once you are employed, so take any red flags very, VERY seriously.
That said, the glassdoor reviews seem pretty mild. Still worth an interview unless anything you see there would be a show stopper for you.
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One broken business process is a red flag but not a sure fire indicator that most business processes are broken. During interviewing request to speak with team members and really delve into how organized business processes are.
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Glassdoor can be useful to flag up things to watch for, but it's definitely not a replacement for going to the company, doing the interview and making your own decision on how the company itself 'feels'. In an interview you have every right to dig as deeply as you need to assuage any fears you have about the company (hopefully without being insulting though!)
Regarding the interview process - I've found that the quality and speed of this can vary considerably from department to department, and it can abruptly change when the process is handed over to a HR department, or to a busy director for decision making.
On the subject of free consulting, I've been asked to do whiteboards, to plan out processes and make hour long presentations on complex subjects. I've never considered it to be free consulting - it feels like a good way for me to get to know the people I might be working with, and for them to feel out the limits of my knowledge more effectively than a formal interview.
You should usually assume that at least a handful of Glassdoor reviews are written by disgruntled ex-employees or rejected candidates, and that a handful of them are written by middle management wanting to make the company look better. Not always the case, but anecdotally I've heard of employees being asked to improve Glassdoor ratings, and I've actually spoken to someone who left a scathing review of my current employer, and he admitted it was highly exaggerated because he was angry at his (then) boss.
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Glassdoor can be useful to flag up things to watch for, but it's definitely not a replacement for going to the company, doing the interview and making your own decision on how the company itself 'feels'. In an interview you have every right to dig as deeply as you need to assuage any fears you have about the company (hopefully without being insulting though!)
Regarding the interview process - I've found that the quality and speed of this can vary considerably from department to department, and it can abruptly change when the process is handed over to a HR department, or to a busy director for decision making.
On the subject of free consulting, I've been asked to do whiteboards, to plan out processes and make hour long presentations on complex subjects. I've never considered it to be free consulting - it feels like a good way for me to get to know the people I might be working with, and for them to feel out the limits of my knowledge more effectively than a formal interview.
You should usually assume that at least a handful of Glassdoor reviews are written by disgruntled ex-employees or rejected candidates, and that a handful of them are written by middle management wanting to make the company look better. Not always the case, but anecdotally I've heard of employees being asked to improve Glassdoor ratings, and I've actually spoken to someone who left a scathing review of my current employer, and he admitted it was highly exaggerated because he was angry at his (then) boss.
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Glassdoor can be useful to flag up things to watch for, but it's definitely not a replacement for going to the company, doing the interview and making your own decision on how the company itself 'feels'. In an interview you have every right to dig as deeply as you need to assuage any fears you have about the company (hopefully without being insulting though!)
Regarding the interview process - I've found that the quality and speed of this can vary considerably from department to department, and it can abruptly change when the process is handed over to a HR department, or to a busy director for decision making.
On the subject of free consulting, I've been asked to do whiteboards, to plan out processes and make hour long presentations on complex subjects. I've never considered it to be free consulting - it feels like a good way for me to get to know the people I might be working with, and for them to feel out the limits of my knowledge more effectively than a formal interview.
You should usually assume that at least a handful of Glassdoor reviews are written by disgruntled ex-employees or rejected candidates, and that a handful of them are written by middle management wanting to make the company look better. Not always the case, but anecdotally I've heard of employees being asked to improve Glassdoor ratings, and I've actually spoken to someone who left a scathing review of my current employer, and he admitted it was highly exaggerated because he was angry at his (then) boss.
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Glassdoor can be useful to flag up things to watch for, but it's definitely not a replacement for going to the company, doing the interview and making your own decision on how the company itself 'feels'. In an interview you have every right to dig as deeply as you need to assuage any fears you have about the company (hopefully without being insulting though!)
Regarding the interview process - I've found that the quality and speed of this can vary considerably from department to department, and it can abruptly change when the process is handed over to a HR department, or to a busy director for decision making.
On the subject of free consulting, I've been asked to do whiteboards, to plan out processes and make hour long presentations on complex subjects. I've never considered it to be free consulting - it feels like a good way for me to get to know the people I might be working with, and for them to feel out the limits of my knowledge more effectively than a formal interview.
You should usually assume that at least a handful of Glassdoor reviews are written by disgruntled ex-employees or rejected candidates, and that a handful of them are written by middle management wanting to make the company look better. Not always the case, but anecdotally I've heard of employees being asked to improve Glassdoor ratings, and I've actually spoken to someone who left a scathing review of my current employer, and he admitted it was highly exaggerated because he was angry at his (then) boss.
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You say 100% of reviews are either positive or negative, but numbers also matter. If one candidate reviewed them poorly, vs 20 employees, then that should tell you something.
Also worth remembering is that the reviews on glass door are sometimes very subjective, rather than objective. You could find it a much better place to work than the person who felt strongly enough about the place to review it, even though they only ever interviewed there.
At any rate, don't stress before you've actually faced the interviewers, and gotten a vibe for the place. Remember that an interview is a two way conversation, and that you're assessing them as much as they you.
You can use the opportunity to ask them about their processes, projects in the works, etc. If their interview process ends up involving a convoluted programming assignment, you can choose to discontinue the process, you can push back on the task, etc.
You have options, but you won't know what those options are unless you play the game.
Good point. There were about 40 on both ends, just FYI.
– John
7 hours ago
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You say 100% of reviews are either positive or negative, but numbers also matter. If one candidate reviewed them poorly, vs 20 employees, then that should tell you something.
Also worth remembering is that the reviews on glass door are sometimes very subjective, rather than objective. You could find it a much better place to work than the person who felt strongly enough about the place to review it, even though they only ever interviewed there.
At any rate, don't stress before you've actually faced the interviewers, and gotten a vibe for the place. Remember that an interview is a two way conversation, and that you're assessing them as much as they you.
You can use the opportunity to ask them about their processes, projects in the works, etc. If their interview process ends up involving a convoluted programming assignment, you can choose to discontinue the process, you can push back on the task, etc.
You have options, but you won't know what those options are unless you play the game.
Good point. There were about 40 on both ends, just FYI.
– John
7 hours ago
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You say 100% of reviews are either positive or negative, but numbers also matter. If one candidate reviewed them poorly, vs 20 employees, then that should tell you something.
Also worth remembering is that the reviews on glass door are sometimes very subjective, rather than objective. You could find it a much better place to work than the person who felt strongly enough about the place to review it, even though they only ever interviewed there.
At any rate, don't stress before you've actually faced the interviewers, and gotten a vibe for the place. Remember that an interview is a two way conversation, and that you're assessing them as much as they you.
You can use the opportunity to ask them about their processes, projects in the works, etc. If their interview process ends up involving a convoluted programming assignment, you can choose to discontinue the process, you can push back on the task, etc.
You have options, but you won't know what those options are unless you play the game.
You say 100% of reviews are either positive or negative, but numbers also matter. If one candidate reviewed them poorly, vs 20 employees, then that should tell you something.
Also worth remembering is that the reviews on glass door are sometimes very subjective, rather than objective. You could find it a much better place to work than the person who felt strongly enough about the place to review it, even though they only ever interviewed there.
At any rate, don't stress before you've actually faced the interviewers, and gotten a vibe for the place. Remember that an interview is a two way conversation, and that you're assessing them as much as they you.
You can use the opportunity to ask them about their processes, projects in the works, etc. If their interview process ends up involving a convoluted programming assignment, you can choose to discontinue the process, you can push back on the task, etc.
You have options, but you won't know what those options are unless you play the game.
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Good point. There were about 40 on both ends, just FYI.
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Good point. There were about 40 on both ends, just FYI.
– John
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Good point. There were about 40 on both ends, just FYI.
– John
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Good point. There were about 40 on both ends, just FYI.
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The interview process is when both the employer and employee are on their best behavior.
Neither one is ever as good afterwards.
Always remember when you are interviewing with a company, you are also interviewing that company. If there are problems with the interview, they will only be worse once you are employed, so take any red flags very, VERY seriously.
That said, the glassdoor reviews seem pretty mild. Still worth an interview unless anything you see there would be a show stopper for you.
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The interview process is when both the employer and employee are on their best behavior.
Neither one is ever as good afterwards.
Always remember when you are interviewing with a company, you are also interviewing that company. If there are problems with the interview, they will only be worse once you are employed, so take any red flags very, VERY seriously.
That said, the glassdoor reviews seem pretty mild. Still worth an interview unless anything you see there would be a show stopper for you.
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The interview process is when both the employer and employee are on their best behavior.
Neither one is ever as good afterwards.
Always remember when you are interviewing with a company, you are also interviewing that company. If there are problems with the interview, they will only be worse once you are employed, so take any red flags very, VERY seriously.
That said, the glassdoor reviews seem pretty mild. Still worth an interview unless anything you see there would be a show stopper for you.
The interview process is when both the employer and employee are on their best behavior.
Neither one is ever as good afterwards.
Always remember when you are interviewing with a company, you are also interviewing that company. If there are problems with the interview, they will only be worse once you are employed, so take any red flags very, VERY seriously.
That said, the glassdoor reviews seem pretty mild. Still worth an interview unless anything you see there would be a show stopper for you.
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One broken business process is a red flag but not a sure fire indicator that most business processes are broken. During interviewing request to speak with team members and really delve into how organized business processes are.
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One broken business process is a red flag but not a sure fire indicator that most business processes are broken. During interviewing request to speak with team members and really delve into how organized business processes are.
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One broken business process is a red flag but not a sure fire indicator that most business processes are broken. During interviewing request to speak with team members and really delve into how organized business processes are.
One broken business process is a red flag but not a sure fire indicator that most business processes are broken. During interviewing request to speak with team members and really delve into how organized business processes are.
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"Based on this data, should I be concerned that the company's day to day will be as haphazard and negative as the interview process?" Probably, if you work for whatever department that handles the interview process.
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Haha, solid point! That lowers my concerns since I'm not applying for HR.
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