I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Asana (Reykjavík) in Jun 2025
Interview
It is a total of seven interviews, The focus is on coaching reports (be prepared to talk about your history in doing that) and some technical competency (I was asked to design a simple dTa model to support a single function)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a data model to support a has_access(userid,taskid) function.
I had an interview with a recruiter from New York for a position in Reykjavik.
I was totally ghosted after it. She didn’t reply my mails with requests for a follow-up or feedback.
Don’t waste your time with this company.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Asana in Mar 2022
Interview
Asana had me do an initial recruiter screen, followed by a peer manager interview about management techniques, followed by an architecture screen that included some database theory, followed by a six and a half hour onsite that included talking to the hiring manager, some direct reports, cross-functional teammates, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you conduct 1:1s?
How would you design tables in a SQL database for this situation?
(and a bunch of standard manager questions -- how have you helped people grow, how do you prioritize projects, what is your experience with hiring, standard stuff)
Candidates applying for Engineering Manager roles take an average of 44 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Asana overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Asana as a Engineering Manager according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 29%
Group panel interview: 14%
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