I interviewed at Conversica (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2019
Interview
This company needs to take a lesson in etiquette. A few months back I applied and received an email for a phone screen request. I replied and heard nothing. I reached back out and heard nothing. A couple months later I reapplied because the product still interested me. I received another request to which I did receive a response. The call went really well and I had a call with a team lead who told me I would hear back from the recruiter on all the next steps. It has been a few weeks, a few reach outs later and NOTHING. Although I get at this point they are not interested, it strikes me as extremely unprofessional to not send even a templated email declining to go further in the process. How hard can it be to type a persons name and press send? Unbelievable. Very cool product, terrible hiring practices in my opinion.
Recruiter reached out after online application. Spoke with recruiter and then 2 CSM team members about the position. Second conversation was not very long and was not able to ask many questions about the company and the role. Did not receive feedback from the team about next steps.
I applied online. I interviewed at Conversica (Bellingham, WA) in Jan 2017
Interview
Went in for brief first interview detailing what the job entailed. Called in for second interview which I was told was to be performed by the VP but she was "caught up in a meeting" so I was interviewed by a seemingly random person at the company. Weird vibe-she was really scripted and condescending, and if I'm being totally honest, pretty rude. She left after about 15 min. of interviewing to go "check to see if (the VP) was ready" and was gone for about 5 min., came back and was very awkwardly telling me she wasn't going to be available to come sit in. The whole experience seemed unprofessional and disorganized.
Seems like there are a lot of great benefits to this job, but the atmosphere is extremely depressing. Dim lighting, disorganized computers/desks/wires EVERYWHERE, garbage in common areas, employees using blankets, etc. Definitely seems like a place with a high turn over rate.
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Question 1
How do your experiences from other jobs benefit this position?
