I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at X (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2013
Interview
Interview process:
1) Phone screen with a recruiter
This was a standard introductory conversation about what my background is, what I'm looking for, and why I'm interested in Twitter.
2) Phone screen with the hiring manager
Questions
--What is the most challenging part of product management?
--Give an example of a hunch you had and how you tested or quantified it.
--How do you decide what experiments to run and balance between intuition and measurement?
3) On site interview with 6 people (1:1)
Panel
--3 senior product managers, 2 engineering managers, 1 engineering senior director
Questions
--Case/brainstorming: how would you increase engagement for new members?
--Case/brainstorming: how would you improve messaging (email, push notifications)
--Give an example of a time you've failed.
--How would you improve the registration process?
--How would you decide whether to launch a feature, and once launched, whether or not to continue it?
4) 2nd on site interview with 6 people (1:1)
Panel
--hiring manager, senior product manager, design manager, VP of product, senior engineering manager, senior developer
Questions
--How would you balance infrastructure and product feature development in your roadmap?
--What is the most challenging project you've worked on?
--What is the project you're most proud of?
--What is an app that you like and why? How would you apply this to Twitter?
--How would you convince someone to run an experiment?
--If you had unlimited resources, what would you do at Twitter?
--What was (my previous company's) most bold and impactful product decision over the past year?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Because they are so standard, the behavioral questions can be difficult to answer well. Think of some creative and genuine responses for these when you prepare.
They put me through hours of interviews to be told they closed the role. The interview questions were fair. I wish they didn't schedule a video call to reject me - it got my hopes up. Would prefer to be rejected via email.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at X in Feb 2022
Interview
Overall a smooth process. I met with the recruiter, followed by the hiring manager and then the interview loop. The loop was virtual, five sessions for 45 minutes, and with two participants in each session. The recruiter prepped me for my interviews and let me know the loop focus areas: Resume Review; Technical Communications; Product Roadmap; Building a Better Company; Cross-Functional Collaboration.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a decision that you made that wasn't popular? How did you get buy-in?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at X (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2022
Interview
Referred by current employee.
Received email from recruiter requesting a phone screen. Responded multiple times before the recruiter responded again. Tried several times to schedule the call.
Recruiter totally dropped the ball. At some point he blamed the tracking system. Never got the phone screen setup; withdrew my application.
My referrer tells my Twitter's recruiting function is a sh*tshow right now.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Never got this far thanks to broken recruiting function.