I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at BidPrime (Austin, TX) in Dec 2016
Interview
Applied on Indeed. A recruiter called me back and set up a phone interview. The morning of the interview, the VP of Marketing called me to ask me why didn't I call in? I told him there wasn't any number listed in the email. He was surprised but said it wasn't a big deal and we proceeded with the phone interview. I have to say, he was a very nice down to earth man. I received another email from the recruiter stating I got a second in person interview. I interviewed with the team I would be working with. Again, super nice people. Days later, I received an offer letter. Much lower than I was expecting and they didn't give me very much time to think about it (a business day and a half). I sent in a negotiation amount. The recruiter quickly came back and just wrote me off with no reply on my negotiation. Most companies would at least acknowledge the negotiation with a reply. The recruiter was very unprofessional. I understand this is a start-up and may have a strict budget, but the way he just wrote me off so quickly was just wrong. I would have gladly taken it if he had a different approach about it. I think BidPrime may lose great talent because of a shotty recruiter process. It's a shame because it seems like decent people work there and to have the face of the company act like this is sad. I gave this experience thumbs down because of the contact I had with the recruiter.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at BidPrime (Austin, TX) in Feb 2016
Interview
It started out with a phone screening which was pretty easy and basic. I was then asked to go into a 2nd round interview in person. This process was about 2 hours. The interviewers were very nice but it was probably one of the tougher interviews I had. There were a number of off the wall questions and they seemed to be trying to gauge how hard I work or handle past and hypothetical challenges.
It felt a bit hot and cold. One moment, they made me out to be a shining star to boost my confidence in the role. Next, they told me how hard it was and how I would have to work evenings and weekends to meet my goals at times. Then they talked about how I can make a lot but then told me how much time I was going to have to devote in order to do it. It was more of a discussion. The lead interviewer seemed to not ask questions. He would make a statement and be like "what do you think about that?" So the questions certainly weren't canned but I think the intent was to allow me to learn something and gauge my response to a hypothetical.
I had to hand write an "email". I also had to make a cold call on the spot in the interview. I have never been asked to do that before.
The office is very casual and seems very much like a startup. It has nice furniture and quite geeky. Nevertheless I felt comfortable in it.
We are in a shady industry with a lot of overseas/bad competitors. Thus we talk to many prospects who have had negative experiences with our competitors. How would you deal with that?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BidPrime (Austin, TX) in May 2010
Interview
One of my friends worked for this company and referred me since they needed assistance with sales. I heard it was a small start up that was growing fast, and they needed help with handling the sales volume. My first interview was on the phone with the VP of Business Development. It was very informal. He then set up a time for me to get interviewed with a partner of the company. We met first at a coffee shop where he lectured me about the industry and gave me some information about the culture of the company. He asked very few questions to me actually. He asked me to review a lot of information and set up a time the next week to go into the office and undergo an interview. I went in the next week to the office, was interviewed by a group of 4 people, including my current boss. Lots of quizzing about the industry as they tried to see how much research I had done. It was definitely tough, but luckily I had done my due diligence. After some paperwork I left and received an offer a week later.