I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Etsy (Guadalajara, Jalisco) in Oct 2023
Interview
It was extremely strange. First, they contacted me through LinkedIn, and the HR person asked me if I was interested. I was a little curious about the interview process, benefits, etc. So I told him that he was interested in learning more. That for him meant that I agreed to start the interview process, and they immediately scheduled me with a senior product manager.
They asked me random product management questions, nothing deep. After that, I never heard from them again.
Call with Etsy recruiter followed by an hour long call with the hiring manger. Did not hear anything back for 5 weeks. Recruiter reached out and said they wanted to go to next step. Had 4 interviews and then no word for 3 more weeks. Etsy states their goal is to keep commerce human but apparently they aren't trying at all to keep the hiring process human.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
100% behavioral interview questions. I had 4 interviews and each had 3 behavioral questions. Many of the questions were the same which made no sense
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Etsy (New York, NY)
Interview
Recruiter was very accessible and asked genuine questions about experience, why interested in role and company etc. There was significant delay in getting a clear update on next steps after multiple follow ups.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Etsy
Interview
Recruiter screen, hiring manager interview, and then onsite. Recruiters are GREAT and so are all the other people. Hiring manager interview was mostly behavioral, plus a mini case (typical q like "design x for y") and onsite was 90% behavioral except an mini analytics case.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
describe a time you failed? describe a time you inspired a team? What's the hardest problem you've ever solved? what's something cool you learned recently? how do you make sure you're meeting expectations? time you had to give difficult feedback? time you received negative feedback? time you received negative feedback you disagreed with? time you made a bad decision? time you identified a problem others didn't know about? how do you teach someone something new? time you had to anticipate a problem and prevent it?
