My interview experience at Criteo was disappointing and disorganized. Unacknowledged Extended Interview: The recruiter interview was supposed to last 30 minutes but stretched to over an hour without acknowledgment. Uncomfortable Remarks: The recruiter repeatedly highlighted how my background was different from the role, making me feel uncomfortable, and questioned my notice period. Unprofessional Behavior: One interviewee laughed when I asked about the qualities they were looking for in a candidate, saying, "I don't know." Ignored Requests for Information: I reached out twice for details about the case study for the third interview but was ignored both times. Lack of Communication: After the final interview, I never received any feedback, and the recruiter ghosted me. I had to reach out to coordinate each stage of the process myself.

Overall a disorganized experience with utter lack of communication. Got a recruiter phone screen followed by a 60min behavioral interview with the hiring manager. The round after that was a case study with two PMs in which I had to choose between two case options. Instead of scheduling availabilities as expected, I was given only one time slot to schedule this round as the interviewers were busy, which was on a holiday when I had no internet access so I had to find a place to take the call. I had no option to ask for a different time. At the START of the interview, I received sudden communication that it was canceled since one of the interviewers were no longer available - no advance warning. I had to then reschedule this interview with different interviewers, but the question style I was told to prepare (case questions about situations that a PM in retail media would encounter) was completely different from the actual interview (very traditional, open-ended product improvement/design question). The product interview had a bizarre vibe overall and unlike any other product interview I've been in as it seemed like interaction and clarifying questions were discouraged. After the interview, I didn't receive any communication for a whole week, and following up with the recruiter offered no explanation as to why.