I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Pluralsight in Jan 2024
Interview
This was the smoothest, best-organized, and most streamlined interview process I’ve ever experienced. The recruiting team was outstanding in their responsiveness and the resources they provided. Everyone I met was smart and friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were typical for my level and function. Some were situational (“Tell me about a time when you had to manage interpersonal conflict,”) and some were more direct (“What’s your approach to strategy development?”).
This was an impersonal and frustrating process. After applying and being advanced in their system, I received a lengthy form email explaining the process and giving me 3 days to complete a cognitive and a personality test. Those came with study materials and some third party app to which I had to provide my personal information in order to play 'brain games' to prepare. I assumed the cognitive test was weighted somewhat heavily in this automated recruiting process, so I wasted way too much of my time over the weekend 'preparing.' It should come as no shock to find that the app and games did nothing to prepare you for the actual test. Regardless, I felt like I did fine - I've taken a wonderlic before. I even made the effort to reply to their email to let them know I had completed it and messaged the listing recruiter on LinkedIn. Radio silence for month and then I get a cheery, automated rejection letter exclaiming how awesome it was to meet with me (we didn't) and how great my skill set was (they have no idea). It was overall pretty disappointing to see how companies like this 1) assume their time is more valuable than yours and 2) tools and tests can replace the role of people in the recruiting process.