I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Red Hat in Dec 2018
Interview
Stalked by recruiter, take idiotic test online that gives you 30 minutes to figure out foreign environment with crap instructions and non-functional Java compiler (some pea-brain thinks this demonstrates candidate skills), get annoyed that I wasted my time with such buffoons, get stalked by recruiters again, but now they probably see I scored a 0 on their test and say " man, this guy don't know nothin' nohow" and leave me alone until their recruiter-mill produces another zombie who proceeds to contact me again, I tell them to f off.
Very methodic approach, great interview panel and calibration process, consistent communication by the HR team, and thoughtful interview questions, great blend of situational questions and passion/personality questions - entire process took about 2 months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What makes you the best candidate for this role over other people we are speaking with?
Exactly as outlined in RedHat's hiring website. The recruiter was very knowledgeable of the process. Initial interview was with Technical resource. Final interview was with hiring manager and technical colleague.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Red Hat (London, England) in Mar 2023
Interview
The interview process was an initial screening call with a recruiter, which is 30mins, then a technical interview with a senior team member, which goes on for a 1hr, then a panel interview with the consulting team leaders, which goes out for and 1hr 20mins.
I got an email about three days after they moved me from a Senior Consultant to a Consultant. Unfortunately, they wouldn't entertain the original benefits we discussed during the screening call. It wasn't very reassuring for a big company such as Red Hat, so I declined the offer and moved on with my day.
Red Hat interviews FAQs
Senior Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Red Hat with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 55% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Consultant roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Red Hat overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Red Hat as a Senior Consultant according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 14%
Presentation: 12%
Group panel interview: 12%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Personality test: 7%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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