Interview process is extremely long, drawn out, and unprofessional at times. There was 1 technical interview and 3 general/personality type interviews. I interviewed with the recruiter, the network manager twice and the Director of HR and I'm quite sure had I made it further there would have been another one. Needless to say the process was really frustrating as I was already working full-time and traveling with my job and always had to set aside time to skype with different people. It wouldn't have been so bad had the hiring manager not asked me the same questions regarding my skillset that we had already discussed on the first interview. It made me feel as if I was wasting my time. Not to mention, he stood me up on our first scheduled interview because of a client issue. That within itself was a huge turnoff. By the 3rd interview I had pretty much decided that this company wouldn't be a good fit, but I was still willing to see how the process played out. However, they seem to be a strong company with a lot of anticipated growth ahead. It just wasn't for me.

I was appalled by the negativity in my interview. Without going into a lot of detail, I will summarize the interview with the following quote from the second person who met with me; this is the first thing he said once we sat down: "So is this your 5th interview so far today?" I was so taken aback by such a rude initial comment that it ruined the rest of the interview for me. I should have simply ended it there, as I knew where it was headed, but gave him the courtesy of a complete interview, even though he showed me no respect whatsoever. This in-person interview was a follow-up to a phone interview with another engineer, who had spoken highly of them. What I don't understand is this: Why would Dataprise waste my time and their own time if they didn't take me seriously from the beginning? I have nearly a decade of experience, numerous recommendations and commendations, and I was treated as if I had just walked out of college with no experience whatsoever. Dataprise claims to focus on customer service, but if this is their definition of "customer service", I wouldn't want to be one of their clients!