1st - complete and submit a digital interview. I actually enjoyed this process and thought it was a lot of fun.
They send you a video/info to review before virtual in person interview.
2nd - virtual in person interview with 2 Blackbaud employees. It went well, a lot of the information they were discussing about the position can easily be trained, but I felt if you didn't know any of the information or your response to their questions wasn't up to their standards, (even though most of the info is trainable AND they have training start dates for new employees) it just gave me the impression they were looking for something very specific. Even though they did say 'There's no wrong answer...".
I gave them multiple opportunities to tell me specifically what they are looking for in this position and if there were anything in my resume or experience that they were concerned about. They told me what they wanted (which is exactly my experience) and they weren't concerned with anything in my resume/experience (which actually should've been a red flag when interviewers say this, because it was very obvious they wanted something specific).
3rd - after the interview, they emailed me an assignment and I completed the assignment and sent it back. It was easy and again, that information is trainable for anyone.
First, it's a pet peeve that job seekers are asked to work on something for them even though we aren't hired. And a huge pet peeve of mine is that there are many job seekers who have many transferable skills, and all the company needs to do is just train them on what they are wanting. I feel like take home assignments are ridiculous anyway, because companies are missing out on awesome people who just need a few hours on company training if they don't know something. But this assignment alone was a no brainer, but again, they were looking for something so specific and they didn't communicate what that was.
Lastly, I received a phone call from a Recruiter....who I didn't know and have never spoken to throughout this whole process. I did speak with a Recruiter in the beginning, but this person was different. The phone call went like this:
Recruiter: "I called to inform you that you didn't get the position."
Me: "Aww, that's disappointing, I was really looking forward to being part of the team. Did (names of interviewers) provide any feedback, this will help me work more on my skills."
Recruiter: "No."
Dead silence.
Me thinking: Wow. If you want to build a better world, maybe you should start on providing feedback. ;-)
I thanked her for her time. And that was it.
Interviews are exhausting and this interview process was all about Blackbaud and not about the interviewer. It was a lot of take, take, take. And since the last time I reviewed Blackbaud's overall ratings on Glassdoor, it dropped from 4.1 to 3.7.
