The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bay Dynamics (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
The original interactions I had with the recruiter for this position were very positive, however the subsequent in person interview I had was pretty awful. I interviewed about a year ago in Feb 2017 and was more interrogated rather than interviewed. I was asked in a rather accusatory way of whether I was combative with colleagues, asked if I would throw a table at someone in an argument, it was extremely unprofessional and a huge waste of my time. It was also like the recruiter didn’t discuss my candidacy or the questions I had asked, as for example, when working remotely was brought up (which I had discussed with the recruiter and was given the green light), the people I were interviewing with said it would not be possible. Had I known this, I wouldn’t have even bothered to make the 1.5 hr commute to the interview.
Received an email to have a phone interview about a month after applying. Scheduled call and took 1/2 day off so I wouldn't be taking the call at work. The person with whom I'd emailed stated they have a meeting right before the scheduled call so we should move it to 15 minutes past original time. Ok, no problem. Except that they never called. So I sent an email after about a 1/2 an hour to confirm they had my number - no response. It's been 3 days and nothing. I'm going to assume there will not be an interview. To say this is unprofessional puts it lightly. To the company - if you aren't aware of this behavior by your hiring team, hopefully now you are and can address. It makes you look incredibly amateurish and disrespectful to a candidate's time. And remember, if your hiring team liked someone's experience/resume enough to call for an interview, you may have just lost someone who could have contributed to the company in many ways.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bay Dynamics (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2016
Interview
Good initial interview with HR person, technical manager interview left me very unenthused about the position. No technical questions at all, manager decided I was weak in one skill that I was initially told was not important (could be taught) as I had the vast majority of the skills. So something weird was going on, work sounded dull and repetitive, not creative at all, so I decided I was uninterested before I was officially rejected. Also scheduled phone interview was missed by company person at first, that wasn't a good feeling either. I felt they were hiring for one specific client/headache/need, and
not for a flexible team player. They would not provide specifics and I didn't push for them, but this
left me uneasy as well.