Typical logistics for experienced hires. Was proactively approached by a recruiter who took my particulars and setup the process. Initial interview with HR followed by subsequent interviews with the hiring manager and other leaders.
InBev was less professional in the whole process than my other competing offers. I've certainly seen far worse over the years but lots of things added up to give me a bad impression of the company. HR was really off on their game and fumbling logistics, contacts constantly not followup on things when they said they would, interviewers turned up late and seemed distracted and not engaged in the interview process.
A-B InBev makes a big deal out of the importance of their culture but ironically it was the culture observed that ultimately caused me to go elsewhere. I left with the impression that they felt no other company has figured out that culture is important to the success of a company and thus its all they talk about. That attitude comes across as out-of-touch and overly self-confident at a time when all top companies focus on culture. As someone being recruited it was more a case of how does InBev's observed culture compare to others that's what ultimately led to my decision to go elsewhere.
When asking interviewers tough or probing questions about the company and role responses at all levels kept coming back to repetitive shallow talking points about the importance culture but without showing any depth, substance, creativity or passion for what they were doing. It was seemingly impossible to get the interviewers to open up and show substance and soul which left me with a bad feeling.
Also picked up on a bit of a boys bro club cultural vibe. The observation that of the 18 senior leaders of the company there's only one woman and the rest are all caucasian men did little to shake that perception.
All that combined with the comparatively worse handling of the whole recruitment process overall made it an easy decision to go with another offer elsewhere.