I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at VIZIO in Jan 2024
Interview
I did four interviews, and after two months of zero-contact (I messaged my contact multiple times and was ghosted for weeks at a time) was invited on-site. When I arrived, the hiring manager wouldn't talk to me or make eye-contact. We went to a meeting room, and they continued to text/go on their phone the entire time while I attempted to make small talk/ break the awkward silence of sitting in a room with a stranger who seemingly doesn't want to interact with you whatsoever. I'm talking little-to-no eye contact for the first 20 minutes I arrive in the office.
After getting chewed out for "using the wrong doorbell" after following the recruiters instructions verbatim, the interviewer then tells me that the person I am supposed to be meeting with refuses to show up. So I've made my way out to their office in-person only to be stood-up, after being stood up for months already. The interviewer realizes he has to fill the next hour with non-consequential questions we've already gone over in the past 4 interviews.
I get asked a lot of questions about my personal capabilities and the interviewer seems to be looking for questions he can "catch me" slipping up on - at one point I was asked "how can you prove you actually have the skills listed on your resume" like I'm a dancing bear (despite the fact that the 4 interviews prior we went through my experience multiple times, and reviewed my project contributions and success stories).
I felt set up to fail from the moment I walked in the doors - realistically the office environment, cubicles, and people seemed so traditional, bleak, and uninviting that I think I dodged a bullet here.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How can you prove you actually have the skills listed on your resume?
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at VIZIO (Irvine, CA) in Feb 2023
Interview
The process involved several steps. A phone interview, an interview with the hiring manager, interviews with a few team members and an interview with the VP. I got through all rounds and they told me about a week later that they were going with another candidate. I figured that the interview with the VP was what made them go with someone else as everyone else had indicated that I was a great candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you accomplished something. Tell me about a time you made an error and how you fixed it. What are your strengths and weaknesses? Why Vizio?
Manager applicants have rated the interview process at VIZIO with 2.5 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 43.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Manager roles take an average of 78 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at VIZIO overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at VIZIO as a Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 29%
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 14%
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