I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Qualitest (New York, NY) in Jul 2019
Interview
Interviewed through Skype/Google Hangouts.
Very low pay offered. It was a relief not to work with them.
I was contacted via a recruiter. Had a Skype interview with the HR in London. Then another interview with 2 Google personnels in NYC. Beware, because they wouldn't show their faces (camera didn't work, as an excuse).
Interviewers know nothing about localization and other related job posts from Google. They were oblivious of the existence of different kinds of jobs that go under similar names (Language Specialist/Search Language Specialist/Analytic Linguists).
Nothing linguistic-related in the interview, and they wouldn't get those linguistic ideas either. Very basic/silly questions to ask an experienced candidate.
The important thing is you didn't know you were turned down until you spammed them with Skype messages, multiple attempts with emails sent to different people that had interviewed you to get the answer. They told me the results would come the week after, but it wouldn't come until 3 weeks after, and you had to bug them to see if you got the job or not.
Better stay away at all costs.
I applied online. I interviewed at Qualitest (Lisbon, Lisbon District) in Sept 2025
Interview
3 stages of interview in total, see below:
first - HR (2 people)
second - Team Lead / Manager (1-2 people)
third - Project Manager (1 person)
prepare properly for second and third, if you manage to get to the third one it's a good sign
Three rounds, one with recruiter, another with manager, one more with client.
They involved both behavioral and technical / estimation questions. Interviewers were very nice and allowed me to ask plenty of questions, which gave me a better sense of the type of work I would be doing
From my experience, everything was smooth, fast and HR was really kind and nice as well as managers from the teams. It was overall really nice experience and I had great time.
