I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Doodle (Zürich) in Jun 2020
Interview
Worst interview experience ever! After the application was submitted online, got an invite to record my answers for questions - seriously who does that? why not have a face to face Skype call like normal companies?
After the video answers, received a link to the coding assignment, where the link shared by the HR personal is itself broken. After promptly replying to the mail, that link is broken, did not receive any communication from HR for a week. Finally, after multiple reminders to the recruiter, received the reply that the link had meanwhile been magically fixed since days. That completely shows the care for the 'top talent' that they are advertising.
After submitting the assignment (feedback promised within 48 hours), didn't hear anything for over a week and then got a generic rejection mail, saying you are not good enough. I can see that no one even bothered to look at the submission since the GitHub repository got no-hit.
Overall terrible communication, generic rejection mail with no real feedback. Unfortunately wasted my precious time. I should have trusted the other reviews here.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work at Doodle?
Why should we choose you? etc.
Dear Candidate,
I’m sorry to hear about your experience. The video interviewing process helps us to hire faster by ensuring that we’re bringing in the right people for an interview. Adding one-way video interviews at the beginning of our hiring process helps us make better use of our time and hire effectively. And the candidates have given us very positive feedback so far saying that video interviews add a unique, more modern touch to the hiring process.
A live video interview also gives applicants more flexibility in terms of interviewing times - we've also had great feedback for that same reason.
Thank you for your comment, we are very sorry if you did not have a great experience, at Doodle we strive on always trying to improve and make the people experience better. We really wish you the very best in your future endeavors.