The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Silver Chalice
Interview
Where to begin?
For starters, this was one of, if not the most, unprofessional interviewing experiences I've ever been a part of. Weeks would go in between interviews, there was never a clear understanding of where we stood in the process and overall it was simply entirely disorganized.
They kept on excusing this issue because they are a "startup" and that they are facing growing pains. I don't think these guys know what a startup really is. That aspect was really off-putting and quite honestly made me distance myself from the role. Because while I was exploring different options aside from my current job, I do have a secure position at a public company on the east coast, so to think of uprooting my life to move to Chicago just to enter what seemed like a mess of a company wasn't exactly thrilling.
However, the process continued to get worse as it went on. My final interview was with a gentleman who felt the need to talk more about himself than ask me about my experience and how I would fit into the role. It was strange to say the least and felt more like he was using the call as a platform to brag about himself, his accomplishments and what he was doing with the company.
Also, it doesn't really add up that their Facebook as 40,000+ likes, yet they rarely get more than 50 likes on a post. Fake likes and followers? I hate to insinuate that, but as someone with experience in this industry and particularly with social media, it doesn't make sense.
Needless to say, both sides began to feel it wasn't a good fit as the process developed, although they never officially told me so until a month or so after my last interview. I believe there were a total of 4, maybe 5 interviews.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Silver Chalice (Ban Phone Savang)
Interview
The process began with attending a meetup at the offices. I spent some time getting to know a few of the employees present and really enjoyed my first interactions. One of the employees recommend me to management, who setup a relatively standard Product Owner phone interview. The main focus of the interview was on my experience with product development, interaction with developers, and backlog prioritization.
The interview seemed to go well and I was told I would be contacted in a week or so. That was eight weeks ago and I have heard nothing since.
I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Silver Chalice
Interview
Set up an interview via a network connection to the CEO. Scheduled a phone interview a week or so later with a few folks (none were the CEO) who were either not having a great day or apparently unfamiliar with how to conduct an interview (very unorganized, background giggling/conversations, etc.). We walked through my experience, I was interrupted a few times and was eventually told I didn't have enough apps development experience to be a product manager with their organization... this was interesting because at the time my company's apps, which I had direct, daily impact in designing and getting developed, were yielding over 10mm monthly PVs and 500-2k+ downloads per day so if that wasn't "enough" I'm not sure what they were looking for. I was so baffled by the whole experience, after we hung up I never even considered following up. I noticed the posting for the role turn back up on the job boards a few more times months later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing out of the ordinary except being shut down rather abruptly a few times
