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      Private Funds Associate Interview

      2 Mar 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nasdaq

      Interview

      I'm disappointed to say that my experience interviewing with Nasdaq has been the most unprofessional recruiting experience I have ever gone through. Most of my points are echoed by many others writing reviews on here so it seems to be a systemic issue on their recruiting team as opposed to a one-off negative experience. The process was fairly straightforward: after an HR screen call of about 20 min, there were four 30 min interviews with team members. However, that's where the straightforwardness ends. The HR reps scheduling the interviews had to reschedule a minimum of four times. I almost lost track of when the interviews were because I had so many invites and cancellations on my calendar. It was unnecessarily annoying to keep up with. The team even apologized for HR's poor effort saying that they (HR) don't really communicate with the team before scheduling the interviews. The interviews went great and every person was very excited to meet with me. HR contact even told me I was the "top candidate on their list" and "the feedback has been amazing." However, inexplicably they made an offer to someone else who they claim applied at the last minute. When I asked for feedback, HR contact said they "went with someone with more relevant experience." This was hard to believe because every interviewer said I was exactly what they were looking for. So after pushing back on this first explanation, she changed her story and said that they just went with an internal hire. She immediately forwarded a new job opening to my email as we were on the phone for me to consider. It took me 5 seconds to see that I had no relevant experience and was a poor fit for the role. I'm not sure why she suggested that I apply. My best guess is she wanted to quickly move on from discussing the last role for which she said I was the "top candidate on their list." I believe she gave me such over-the-top positive feedback to try to make sure I didn't accept another position while they were making their decision. And then she gave me fake canned responses as to why the team went with someone else when I asked for feedback. Weeks go by and I still see the position on LinkedIn and their internal job board. I think maybe the candidate did not accept their offer and the position is still open. So I reach out and reiterate my interest via email at first but after getting no response I reach out via text. It was HR contact's decision to discuss via text previously because she wanted "move things along quickly" when they were interested. Now she took her time responding, a little over a week, and finally claimed her delayed response was because she was "out of office." A simple text stating this would have been more professional than not responding until after she's back in office (this was text, not email after all). She claimed the offer was indeed accepted and the spot was filled. When I asked why they still have the role advertised on LinkedIn and posted on the internal job board, she said "if the candidate doesn't work out, then I'd have to put it back up again." That doesn't seem like too much work to me, especially to have an up-to-date job portal but maybe I'm missing something. Months go by and the job is still up on the portal and on LinkedIn. The team said they were growing fast when we spoke so I thought it was worth it to reach out again incase they added a rec on the team. I reached out to my HR contact, and to the hiring manager both via email and LinkedIn. I followed up with them and never heard a response. I also reached out to another HR contact and she said she will look into it and get back to me. She never did. Once they decided I was a "no" they cut off all communication. I was no longer worth their time or even worth an honest straightforward response. Most of this experience is echoed by other reviews here; the terrible scheduling, lack of clear feedback, and complete cut off of communication when they decide you're a "no". It seems to be a systemic issue. The recruiting team gets away with treating candidates poorly because there is no mechanism for the interviewee to give his/her-own feedback of the process. Well you can read the feedback here. This treatment is a major redflag. Apply to Nasdaq at your own risk.

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      Tell me about yourself. Tell me about a time when you improved a process. Why are you interested in this role?
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