I had a total of four interviews that spanned across four weeks.
The first interview was a talent screen with an HR Representative, a week after was with the VP of Sales, the following week with the Co-Founder/COO and the fourth with a Fractional CRO the week after that.
Most of the interviews were pretty standard, and seemed to have gone quite well since I was invited for the next round within 1-3 business days. The last one threw me off at the beginning as they wanted to dig into quotas and targets from an entry level role as a start up from 6 years ago, and felt like more of a bombardment of questions for the first 20 minutes until it turned into more of a conversation. I felt it went well afterwards and ended on a strong note, as they had positive things to say about me and agreed with many of my sales methods and techniques.
As the weekend rolled around, I didn’t hear back from them after an initial email regarding timelines on next steps and/or a decision. After a full 9 days since my last interview, I decided to reach out again and the HR Representative replied that they decided not to move forward with my candidacy.
I was quite surprised as it seemed all the conversations went well, and they invited me for a total of four interviews, as I felt like I had the skills and experience that their team needed to help them reach their targets and push the sales team in the right direction.
I asked the HR Representative for feedback or insights from the leadership team on why they didn’t see me as a fit, but it’s been over a week and I don’t expect to hear back. After close to 4 hours of interviews, and many hours spent researching the company and preparing, I felt that they could’ve at least given me a reason.
The process was quite long, which was fine with me, but in the end, the lack of communication left me with a negative experience.
