I applied online. I interviewed at WalkMe (New York, NY)
Interview
The recruiter, Jill, was very knowledgeable on the product and was able to communicate the company's strategy. It was a pleasant conversation on the role and the company. However, the next call with Sung, the hiring manager, that was not the case. There were lots of awkward moments (aka silence) when asked questions about the role. She doesn't seem excited about the company which tells me this might not be a good culture fit on a long term. Also, it sounds like her first time interviewing candidates. I wasn't selected to move onto the next phase. To improve on interviews, the interviewers should receive some training guides on interviewing potential candidates. Very unstructured interview from Sung.
I applied online. I interviewed at WalkMe (Sydney) in Aug 2022
Interview
The initial screening interview was conducted by HR person based in California. It was around 20 min and it was easy. The second interview was conducted by the local hiring manager. There should be like 5 interviews to get to job offer.
Pro
No surprise. Very much the standard job interview process is written in the textbook.
Con
Least welcoming job interview.
-WalkMe is still a small company. I was expecting a startup-like culture during the interview but the interviewer sounds like from old school , a large enterprise business person where as some good tech startup companies actually try to get to know "you" as a person.
-Also when I asked a question about the company the answer was very generic and it really didn't mean much.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How would you explain the Wakme product to your family member?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at WalkMe in Jun 2022
Interview
HR Screen followed by various interviews with Hiring Manager, Peers, and other members of leadership. '
Recruiter was personable and responsive and offered thorough review of the interview process, the role and its reason for the opening, and the company.
My only feedback would be that interviews should be interviews. During one of the interviews (which motivated me decide to not move forward), we did not discuss my background nor experience, nor were there any questions or general discussion about the the job and expectations.
Instead the interviewer spent about half the time expressing their annoyance with lack of company loyalty/how people don't stay at jobs/companies longer than 1-2years anymore. The only questions asked of me was why I thought people don't stay longer, and how can companies deal with this. But I did not find to this be asked out of curiosity or spark discussion. It was more of a rant. I personally didn't find this to be very relevant to the opening-- so I interpreted it as a red flag and decided to not move forward in the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do people keep quitting and changing jobs every year?
The team didn't seem interested in the process. They requested a massive home assignment ahead of time to be presented at the onsite to 6 managers. only one showed up and didn't bother to go over it before the onsite interview.
Lacking creativity, expected me to memorize their website statements. Very poor experience.
