Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at SparkPost as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Engineer and roles were rated as the easiest.
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I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at SparkPost in Dec 2021
Interview
The interview process was quite long, if a little sporadic:
30 Minute conversation with the recruiter
30 Minute conversation with the Head of UX
60 Minute interview with the UK team (Taxi for email)
60 Minute interview with the USA UX team
This was over the course of 3 consecutive days as they were keen to have the interviews before the festive break.
The teams seemed nice enough, but there seemed to be a lack of communication between the Head of UX, the UK team and the USA team as I had to repeat myself three times in separate calls - not the most efficient candidate experience.
I felt like the UK team didn't really have a structure in place and were just winging it in the moment along with asking trick questions that had no real value to the role.
After those stages of the interview process I was advised that they still wanted to speak with other candidates and I wouldn't know a resolution for around 3-4 weeks. With the current job market, this didn't really work in their favour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If a client asked you for something that didn't exist, how would you respond?
How do you take critique?
What is your process for UX design?
What tools do you use within your current role?
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at SparkPost in Nov 2021
Interview
Horrible experience with condescending actions, poor attitudes. You are asked what's the dumbest thing you have ever done, which is very unprofessional. You are asked 20 test questions during the interview process which takes away from the actual interview in getting to know a potential candidate
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