Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso InterWorks (Sydney) nel mese di mag 2026
Colloquio
The process started with an hour long call with the Director of Sales. The discussion was a mix of background, experience, consulting style, and technical questions.
After that, I was given a technical assessment using Snowflake. The task required creating fact and dimension tables and preparing a presentation to explain the solution. I spent around two days completing the assessment, as there were many small details to work through, including SQL filtering logic, modelling decisions, and presentation preparation. I passed the assessment and was invited to present my work.
The presentation focused on my approach, trade offs, data modelling decisions, and how I structured the solution. I put a lot of effort into making the presentation professional, clear, and polished.
However, I found the next stage disappointing. The presentation was conducted by a Data Engineer interviewing another Data Engineer, which felt unusual and unstructured for this type of process. After investing significant time into the assessment and presentation, I received an automated rejection email with no meaningful feedback.
Overall, the process did not feel well structured. The assessment required substantial effort, but the follow up felt generic and impersonal. The company talks about ownership, but from the interview experience it felt like there may not be a clear support structure in place and that consultants could be placed onto projects with limited guidance.
The people I initially spoke with were pleasant, but the overall process could be much more professional, transparent, and respectful of candidate effort.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
what was your strategy doing a full plan on the assessment? What other tradeoff you encountered?
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso InterWorks nel mese di mag 2025
Colloquio
Went through multiple interview stages over several weeks, including a take-home technical task and was explicitly told I’d advanced to the next round. Invested significant time preparing for what came next.
Then received an auto-rejection email with no feedback, no explanation, and no acknowledgment of the work put in. The role was apparently already filled.
I get that hiring decisions change. But if you’re asking candidates to invest this level of effort, the bare minimum is a decent close-out. This wasn’t it.
The external brand doesn’t match the candidate experience.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso InterWorks (Londra, Inghilterra) nel mese di feb 2026
Colloquio
The interview process felt disorganised and inconsistent.
The first interview was with a senior leader, followed shortly after by another interview with a different member of the sales team. After that, communication became increasingly unclear. I was told that final stages would take place the following week, but after multiple follow-ups with different contacts, I eventually learned they were scheduled much later than originally indicated.
I was advised early on to prepare a short presentation, but later received several additional points to cover, which significantly expanded the scope and preparation time required. I chose to proceed with this, but clearer expectations upfront would have been helpful.
The final stage involved a large panel, including some attendees who were not clearly introduced and did not have cameras on, which made it difficult to know who I was presenting to. The size and structure of the panel felt unusual for an interview setting.
After the final stage, I received a generic rejection email with an incorrect job title and no feedback. Overall, while the people themselves seemed perfectly professional, the recruitment process felt inefficient and poorly coordinated. Clearer communication and ownership between stages would have greatly improved the experience.