I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Atlantic Pacific Companies (Miami, FL) in Jan 2019
Interview
Fairly straightforward.
1) Cognitive screening/personality test, two days after application on LinkedIn.
2) Contact by HR for phone screen, the following day.
3) Skype interview with hiring manager and colleague, set up by HR for the following week.
4) In person group interview, with travel to Miami, set up by HR within two weeks.
*At this point, I cannot stress enough how much of a good impression the Miami office left on me. While the idea of being static in a conference room all day while members of the entire office, across all departments, come in like some sort probing assembly line, it was rather comfortable. Mostly everyone was warm, easy to talk to, smart and driven - it seemed like a positive work environment with a great culture. *
I then followed up with a thank you to the initial HR contact and to express my interest, who responded he would get back to me later that day. That was the end of January. I wrote a nice thank you e-mail regardless for the experience in early February, to absolutely no response.
I understand situations don't work out, but after weeks of interviewing, taking a day off work to travel - a polite response to the status would have been the professional thing to do. If I were in a position of unemployment, I could see this portion being devastating.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name your biggest success. How do you handle failure? Why Atlantic Pacific?
The standard soft skills/interview type questions. As the final group day was more of an assembly line interview rather than a panel, it can be repetitive.
Thank you for your response. I do apologize for not getting back to you about the status of the position. We do strive to reach out to all of our candidates and in this case, I dropped the ball. We do value your time and appreciate you taking time out of your busy scheduled to meet with us. Once again my apology. Thank you for the feedback.