I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Personio
Interview
My interview process with Personio was absolutely refreshing. Every single person I met throughout it was kind and supportive. The Talent Acquisition person helped me schedule our calls so they wouldn't clash with my upcoming holidays at the time. I had a call with an Engineering Manager that didn't feel like an interview at all, more like a casual (but serious) chat about work. There was a take-home challenge with detailed expectations on what the solution should look and work like. I felt it was an appropriate project for the position I applied to. After that, I got to chat with a couple other Engineers who had already taken a look at the challenge solution I submitted. Here, I had to go over the approach taken and some of the technical decisions I made, as well as answer any other questions they had. Finally, there was a culture fit interview with the VP of Engineering, which again felt more like a conversation than an interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- HR screening - Interview with EM - Take-home technical challenge - Questions on your challenge solution - Culture fit
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Personio (Berlin) in Jul 2024
Interview
The interview process was smooth and nice. Since the beginning of the process recruiter was kind and very professional. Her help was invaluable - the person provided all the guidance, recommendations, and organization was on a very high level. The interviewers were also great people, with kind and polite conversations. The challenges there were interesting to solve.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How you’ve been shipping impact with projects, roadmaps, domains
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Personio
Interview
I have never been ghosted like this by any company. I passed the HR, Engineering Manager, Live Coding, and System Design interviews, and received feedback ONLY AFTER 4 WEEKS! The recruiters wrote to me to schedule a chat and then just disappeared. It's not only unprofessional but also caused me such frustration that I can't describe. After 4 weeks, I received feedback saying, 'Not clear communication.' I don't recommend interviewing with this company because they ghost candidates, don't respect people's time, and behave very unprofessionally. Shame on you, recruitment department of Pearson. However, I did appreciate the tech people with whom I had interviews.
Hello, thank you for your review.
I’m disappointed to read about the negative experience you had during your interview process with Personio. We take the experience of our candidates very seriously, so I’d like to apologize for not getting that right.
I’d like to learn more about your experience, so if you're happy to have a confidential chat, please reach out to me at fritz.singer@personio.de and we can arrange a time for a chat.
Thanks,
Fritz, VP Talent Acquisition
Application
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Personio (Munich, Bavaria) in Sept 2023
Interview
Good structure in the interview process, feedback after every round from recruiter. Take home challenge can be quite time consuming, rest of the interviews were ok, and more on the informal side. No offer because after all the interviews there was no open position available