TurboTenant interview questions

I had an initial interview with the VP of Marketing for a Director of Product Marketing role. I was notified in a polite note directly from the VP that they were moving forward with other candidates, but I was very impressed with how the company conducts this part of the process. The VP contacted me directly within a day or two of my application. He cared enough to do the phone screen himself, rather than hand me off to some recruiter. The interview was excellent, with the VP clearly organized and thoughtful. He had obviously read my resume and the cover letter. In a way, it's funny to me that I write such a review, but it’s so rare these days to find this level of personal dedication and thoughtfulness. I wasn’t handed off to a brainless AI bot with no human judgment. This brief experience tells me this is a company and a hiring manager who would be great to work for!

This process moved quickly, which was welcomed. I was contacted by a recruiter who set up the interview with the hiring manager very quickly. Hiring manager was very welcoming and enthusiastic. There was also a panel interview and an extensive take-home-assignment and presentation. The assignment was to improve an existing app. All went well, I gave the presentation and answered questions from the team. When the rejection came, the feedback was that they'd wished I'd focused on XYZ for the presentation. 1) They didn't ask for XYZ in the assignment 2) No one asked me any follow-up questions about XYZ during the Q&A. This isn't confined to this company, but is really endemic in interview process when the economy is bad and people are desperate for jobs. The whole "we wanted them to have this thing, but the job isn't about this thing and we never once mentioned we wanted this thing at any point even when asked directly." Overall, the recruiter, hiring manager and anyone I came in contact with were really pleasant and very generous with their time. I just hate falling into the presentation trap.