First there was a recruiter screen, which is what I'm writing about. I didn't pass this - which was surprising, I've never NOT gotten past a recruiter screen though they did mention they had a few people much further in the pipeline already. After that, there was supposed to be a hiring manager screen, design challenge, and onsite interview.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Where are you in your career and what are you looking for?
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Expérience neutre
Entretien moyen
Candidature
J'ai passé un entretien chez Block (San Francisco, CA)
Entretien
Typical design interview.
phone calls
design tests
interview with each member of the team
Call was mainly about background and what you're looking for in your next role.
Why block?
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself?
What are you looking for in your next role?
Overall I had a positive experience and the process was smooth and efficient. Square is pushing their diversity and inclusion initiative so my only recommendation is to pair POC candidates with hiring managers who are less prone to bias and/or pair those hiring managers with a POC colleague.
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Block (San Francisco, CA)
Entretien
As much as I love Square as a company unfortunately my interview experience was bad. I had two 30 min manager chats on the phone and was told that it was for me to ask them questions in order to determine which team I want to interview with. The interviewers barely asked me any questions about my work and the questions they asked they could have figured out from my resume or portfolio. They asked me if I have questions for them so I asked them a ton of questions about their teams to “learn about them”. Afterwards I was rejected by them saying they did not get signal of me doing xyz which they could have easily found out if they asked or checked my resume/portfolio.... I honestly was very disappointed and feel like they didn’t respect my time or work I put into my resume/portfolio to show them my experience.
