Industrial Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Forward with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 35.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Industrial Designer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Forward overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Forward as a Industrial Designer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 13%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Forward (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2022
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter, and went through 3 rounds of interviews with other designers and managers. Portfolio review for the first round. Whiteboard exercises for the second round. Take home assignment for the third round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For one of the whiteboard exercises, I was asked to design a clinic chair.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Forward (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2021
Interview
Mostly standard, running through questions related to my experience working with various roles that the interviewers held. I did a 1-on-1 concept brainstorm where I was supposed to pretend to run through how I would go about a design process for next gen hardware. Was a bit of an awkward set up and unclear what the outcome was supposed to be as I tried to glean information and create concepts in a very short period of time. Felt somewhat judged for not coming up with some new archetype for the category.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pretend I'm every resource available at the company, you can ask me any question and I'll answer as best as possible in the hypothetical scenario. Walk through how you would go about designing the next gen _______.