I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tableau Software (Seattle, WA) in May 2012
Interview
The position was referred to me by a friend who already is an employee at Tableau.
Initial meetings were informal and I got a debrief on the history/culture of Tableau. It seemed like a great opportunity and a great place to go.
Interview was pretty straight forward.
Phone screen with HR followed by another phone screen with the hiring manager.
A week later, I was brought in for face to face interviews with directors and CFO of the company and a peer PM. Interviews are like any other and it was an interview of each other to see if it was a good fit for both parties. Tableau seemed promising for a stage 2 start up. Strong revenue, dedicated and passionate staff.
I received positive feedback from the recruiter and received an offer a few days later.
I think I'm under NDA so I can't give details.
Several rounds, combo of behavioral and case style. Case questions were pretty typical but a bit more of a technical flavor. Behavioral were typical behavioral, pretty straightforward. Not a ton of overlap with the team I was interviewing with
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a time you had a disagreement with a stakeholder
I applied online. I interviewed at Tableau Software
Interview
Really informative and quick recruiter call, very sterile and vague hiring manager call. I was rescheduled and given another hiring manager to speak to who seemed very uninterested in what I had to say. Seemed like a waste of an hour between both of us and I never really got any sort of real answer for my questions about the company and further clarification on the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Be prepared to talk about analytics a lot. Most questions revolved around how you would find data and what models would you use.
It was a 3 step process, recruiter, hiring manager, and team round. There may have been more, but I only experienced the recruiter and hiring manager rounds. Recruiter was very nice but did not provide an update after my final round, I followed up to ask if I was moving forward.
