I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Forward in Jul 2022
Interview
The interview was very disorganized. They changed who was going to interview me and didn't notify me. The person who interviewed me didn't introduce themselves, or tell me what their role was.
The interviewer didn't know what the role I was applying for was, and didn't know how many rounds of interviews I had been through.
Some red flags: They want to hire people who believe in the mission more than they want a high salary or good benefits (this was actually said), they said that the role I was applying for had been held by many people across the company and that employees are constantly changing roles, they were 10 mins late to the interview and no apology or "thanks for waiting", the demeanor of the interviewer was standoffish and creepy.
Right away I knew I was not interested in this company and it seemed like a cult.
Rigorous interview. There were a couple of intro calls with one being a more case study type interview asking about more financial questions as well as "what you'd do" situational questions.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Forward (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2024
Interview
Very weird and cult like. Fully focused on why you love the company and a mix of automation questions. They clearly want the answer to be that everything is automated
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Forward (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
The interviews themselves are quite standard, but the process is lengthy. Expect a screening call, ~4 1:1 team interviews, then a full day onsite, which includes several case studies and back to back 30 minute to 1 hour interviews. This day did not include a lunch break, which was off putting, and several of the interviews actually took place outside, walking around the city. In fact, there was no break at all during the 6 hour onsite. I found the people at Forward intelligent, insightful, and passionate. The experience of meeting them all was wonderful. That said, their offer was shockingly low. Purposefully not providing realistic salary ranges during the interview process is disrespectful of a candidate's time.