I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Rover.com (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2016
Interview
I initially met with the VP of Product and subsequently the VP of Analytics for introductory chats. I was then asked to complete a short analytics test online. From there, I had a full day of interviews with the CEO, COO, CTO, VP of Product, and 2 senior Product Managers,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my background and how they felt it would apply to this role. We also spent a great deal of time on ideas on how to evaluate growth opportunities for the company.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Rover.com in Jan 2019
Interview
My experience was bad, so I'm not sure if this applies to everyone.
1. Dir of Prod phone screen
2. Take home test- which by the way they will not tell you if they received it even if you follow up
3. Called and did not leave a VM, I had to call back to know who it was and what the next steps were
4. 2nd phone screen
5. 3rd phone screen- even when they said there will only be 2 then an onsite
At this point they have given me the run around, therefore I withdrew my application. They are heavily focused on analytics and some of their questions did not make sense. I also did not understand why there had to be 3 phone screens when they had established you only needed 2 and the poor follow up that came after.
They were the first ones who contacted me, and they were also the only one that made the least progress with interviewing- I'm already receiving offers, meanwhile I am still on the 3rd phone screen.
The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Rover.com
Interview
I was contacted via an automated email (no hr contact prior) for a phone screen invite. Had a phone screen with the hiring manager, then a take home assignment, two on-site rounds with 8 employees, and then a last minute round with the GM. Overall the people were nice, but the interview to rejection process was so terrible I suspect they were only keeping me onto get information, not to genuinely assess me as a candidate. Be ware! The hiring manager stopped by to say hi at my second on-site, but strangely never had an in-person round with me. The last GM round was abruptly set up “needing to talk to me next morning” with no notice, only to ask me detailed product testing ideas which the initial rounds already covered. Although the recruiter was nice enough to call each week after the last interview, for 3-4 weeks, to inform me that I am still in the running, the reason for rejection was something they could have decided on before even the first phone screen. I also learned that they were interviewing a wide range of backgrounds (between 5 years and 30 years of experience) for the same role. I can only conclude that this company is only keeping certain candidates on the hook for information collection, and something isn’t right in their core company values.