This review is for Catalyst Exchange, formerly known as Catalyst: Ed.
I applied and spoke to an external recruiter. That went well, and I was moved to the 2nd round after having to follow up asking about my candidacy. I then had the 2nd interview, and followed up again, and was confused because they sent multiple calendar invites for another interview with different times and no explanation.
Before the third interview, I sent a simple question and did not get a reply for several days and had to follow up again, which was a red flag to me since they couldn't answer a basic question in a timely manner.
I eventually bowed out as I was not impressed with the employees I was dealing with and their communication style and the expected amount of work.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Catalyst:Ed en janv. 2024
Entretien
I applied in December and interviewed with an external recruiter in late January. I was asked standard questions, and the recruiter was informative about the role. I was informed the next week that I would be talking with several other employees about the role, but that was delayed for one full month. I spoke to another contractor who works with the organization but is listed on the website as an employee. She did not know the organization's strategy. After one more month, the organization told me they selected someone else. All felt disjointed and unorganized, and everything took about three months.
I think they are growing so fast (10 pivotal positions at once) that they have not implemented proper recruitment process.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
How have you helped scale growth in an organzation?
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Catalyst:Ed (New Orleans, LA) en nov. 2024
Entretien
The non-profit is relatively small, it uses an agency to feed candidates, I had a screener interview. The request was for someone that could both hire a team and at the same time act as a senior engineer in the first steps of a platform.