I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Azibo in May 2024
Interview
My initial interview was with the actual hiring manager, not a recruiter / screener, which was a plus. The interview seemed to go very well, and I was told they always follow up within 2 days.
And within that time frame, I was invited to a do an assessment activity (done via scheduled interview with the manager again). The actual assessment was so simple as to seem pointless, but I clearly completed it without difficulty. I was again told I'd hear back within 2 days.
After hearing nothing for 3 days, I sent an email asking for updates, and got no reply. Finally, after 7 days (or 5 business days), I got a generic "we're moving forward with other candidates" message.
Between not hearing from them in their own specified time frame, and wasting my time on a simplistic assessment when they didn't plan to move forward, I'd call this a terrible interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions about lifecycle marketing and email strategy.
I applied online. I interviewed at Azibo (New York, NY) in Apr 2024
Interview
Interview was a waste of time and very generic questions asked. No follow up communication after for the next steps. The interviewer which was team members did not seem engaging.
The Interview has 5 rounds (not 4) + additional take home challenge. Also, after interviews 4 to 5 references are required.
The first round was hiring related, second one was product related, third one part 1 was engineering and part 2 was again product related with submitted take home challenge review, fourth one was with CEO, fifth was with VP.
The interview revealed that the role’s scope lacked clarity and it contained irrelevant responsibilities; The job description contained manual QA Engineer’s responsibilities (not Analyst’s) and at the interview the role’s responsibilities expanded to handling automation like an SDET. There was no clarity over programming language or the tools. Besides QA, they looked for someone who will also work as a data entry clerk for archived files. So, one role with three different responsibilities.
The whole interview process took exact 1 month, which was surprisingly fast and felt like there were no other interviews going on. After each step, the next day there was a response and moved to scheduling a time for the next round.
The final round VP asks generic questions and expects concrete answers. However, when I asked some questions, I could not get clear or concrete answers. The main point of this round was salary; candidate is expected to give an exact number and not to negotiate later after receiving offer.
Contrary to the tech industry, where traditionally it is very common and normal to negotiate salary after offer, the interview has revealed that negotiation was not allowed and there was no room for flexibility.
At the end of interviews, minimum 4 references were requested. All contact details were given but it failed due to their poor communication efforts, and the link in their emails expired. The HR and VP communicate did not provide any phone number to reach out but used dynamic (non-company authentic) email addresses via third party domain.
1 week of silence and I asked for an update, and I received an automated template email saying: “WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND YOU our GRATITUDE for the time you spent with our team”…
It was a quite experience that it could be compared to Cirque Du Soleil.
I found the whole process very inefficient, lacking professionalism, energy and time wasting. Despite this was the very first QA role and it has been a while that this interview ended. Since then, there is still no one there handling QA.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"We want QA Analyst to handle QA manually, but also do automation, and additionally input data from our archived documents. Can you do it?"
"If this was an initial release, how would you determine what test cases were critical vs nice to have?
How would you go about executing the tests?
What tests would you automate first and why?
Anything you wouldn’t automate?
Any challenges you foresee in automation?"