I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Oktopost (London, England) in Dec 2025
Interview
Overly complicated process: 20 min interview with recruiter -> 45 min interview with director -> 1 hour mock demonstration -> Timed personality test -> 45 min interview with CPO -> 30 min meet and greet in-office. Each interview repeated the same questions, and no feedback was given at any stage.
3-days in-office, 2 at home with no set working hours or days. I'm not sure why the role isn't remote considering these weren't set; you could just pick days your colleagues aren't there, making it pointless. I could not get an answer on set working hours or days either, just told that it is "flexible" and that people are "measured on outcome, not by hours worked". Similarly, the recruiter couldn't answer me on their annual leave policy, just again, that they're "flexible".
The role itself is not what the job specification describes and is quite odd for such a small organisation - Assisting users on how to use your assigned module and when needed, demonstrating the area to existing customers. There's no discovery process for additional modules or a clear route for onboarding. It's a weird mix of a service-desk/professional-service role, not solutions.
The salary was £50k, which is £10k below the market minimum for a solutions consultant role in London. I was told not to waste their time as there wouldn't be any room for negotiation. I asked about subsidised travel as it's London and many jobs offer this, but was told there's a $100 a month (no idea why they used $ instead of £) expense account that I could use, although anyone that knows London knows that is barely enough to cover a few days.
First stage with an external recruiter, 20 min call to get to know you and ask some pre determined questions. Next stage interview with product director. Next stage a product sense assessment with product director and vp of product. Then a home assessment. Then a review and presentation with the product director. Long winded, too many steps and too much process.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Oktopost (Ramat Gan) in Sept 2025
Interview
Phone call with HR
Phone call with hiring manager
In-person meeting in the offices in Ramat-Gan with the hiring manager
HR & CEO Interview
The process was led by the HR recruiter, who was extremely nice and responsive. I enjoyed the experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly behavioral/managerial questions like:
How would you deal with an employee underperforming?
What would your last team say about you?
For the technical part, I was asked to explain the stack architecture of my last product I worked on, and some more focused questions regarding working with Redis and Queues.