The recruiter was 15 minute late to our initial screen. They expressed strong interest and mentioned they'd move me on to the next step. I asked about in-office requirements and they clarified it was 5 days a week. I followed up saying I was good with 5 days and wanted to know more about work hours, transportation stipends etc. The recruiter never replied and then sent an automated rejection email 3 days later. Terrible experience, terrible recruiting policy – avoid!
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Rivian
Interview
It was a long and tedious process but they are very welcoming and sincerely want you to succeed. They offer a help/feedback session with a staffer to better prepare applicants for next round reviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly focused on design thinking and decision making.
A really special experience.
The hiring manager will schedule a session to review the presentation slides and provided useful feedback e.g. how to improve the layout, what to add to the slides.
Product Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Rivian with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Designer roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Rivian overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Rivian as a Product Designer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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