I applied online. I interviewed at Xero (Wellington, Wellington)
Interview
The recruitment team were super friendly and easy to deal with. However the interview process is lengthy and inconsistent and if you don't get the role you applied for you have to start back at the beginning of the whole process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is an example of how you have prioritised a feature over another?
A few stages - interview with the recruiter, task with the hiring managers, and interview with the team members. Generally, it was enjoyable and well-organised, with all of the interviewers being reasonable and respectful.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you prioritize incoming work given certain criteria
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Xero
Interview
Screening call, and then 3 more interviews. One of them was an exercise of mapping out what your first 90 days in the role would look like. Was quite a long process and had to push to get the next interviews scheduled sooner as I was interviewing with other companies and wanted to weigh up my options. In the end they weren't able to put an offer on the table in time so I ended up going elsewhere. Got the feeling they didn't want to compete with other offers / would rather hire someone who had them as their first/only choice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do in your first 90 days in the role?
Product Owner applicants have rated the interview process at Xero with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Owner roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Xero overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Xero as a Product Owner according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Presentation: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
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