Technical Support Level I applicants have rated the interview process at WP Engine with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Support Level I roles take an average of 57 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at WP Engine overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at WP Engine as a Technical Support Level I according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 43%
Phone interview: 43%
Skills test: 14%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at WP Engine (Austin, TX) in Nov 2017
Interview
I received an email to schedule a phone call. We went back and forth for a little bit about a good time. I got two different options, one did not work as it was less than 24 hours and I could not commit to that so I opted for the following week after a big holiday. I did not get any confirmation (which I believe is important from a recruiter) so I emailed them in the morning to hopefully get an answer. Thankfully, I did, they followed through and called at the time said. However, this is where the negative experience happened. I felt like I was being rushed through the whole phone call, which made me even more nervous to begin with. The recruiter seemed highly uninterested in the answers or what I had to say. That being said, it continuously made me feel more nervous, like I was being too chatty (which I was not) but it seemed like she was relieved when I would answer something so she could just move on to the next question. This was highly disappointing as I prepared so much for this phone call and WP Engine was my preferred company from other interviews I have had. There was no chance during that phone call to have a normal conversation and highlight my skills or personality at all.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at WP Engine (Austin, TX)
Interview
A recruiter called me and we had a 20 minute talk. She then scheduled me for an on sight interview. There were two parts of the interview. The first part was all behavioral and the guys who interviewed me were great. The second part was all technical and it was almost a joke how unprofessional these guys were. I think it was staged for them to be like that to see how you handle stress. Either way it was not cool. They didn't even have the decency to email me and let me know I didn't get the job. I even did good on both the behavioral interview and technical interviews. It left a bad taste in my mouth for a company that has such a good reputation. Their loss, my win.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at WP Engine (San Antonio, TX) in Feb 2017
Interview
Applied online and was invited to a Meet & Greet. It was fun to ask questions from the employees, and get to know the company's goals and work environment.
A week later, I had an interview downtown San Antonio with 4 employees that were broken into two groups. Another week later, I had a second interview with their manager who asked the more impressive questions and "what would you do in this situation" scenarios.
Did not get the position but was a good learning experience, and they promoted to try again in the future (which I will!).
My only complaint was I was told after the second interview, I would know the result in 2 days. I heard back a week later, so I was on edge for a while.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A lot of "what would you do in this scenario" and why you are interested in working for WP Engine.