Hiring process was pretty standard, though quite lengthy: 30-min phone screen, followed by a take-home written assignment which took about 8 hours, followed by getting feedback on the assignment and completing revisions for it (~1 hour), then a 2-hour interview with 4 team members (3 behavioral, one case), and then a final round interview with 2 executives.
The interviews were pretty standard and the people on the team seemed great.
Unfortunately, as many others applying for this role and other roles have mentioned, the way their HR treats candidates is shockingly unprofessional. After completing step 4 of 5 in the process (12 hours of my time at that point, not including prep), I received a copy-and-paste rejection email. When I replied asking for feedback, there was no response. I would understand if this were a first round interview, but considering it was one of the final stages, I expected them to be a bit more considerate of candidates’ time and efforts. There were smaller things, too, such as the HR person simply not responding to my email or not knowing what type of interview my next round would be, and only ever sending copy-and-paste emails. All in all, it left a really bad taste in my mouth considering how much time was spent throughout the process. Personally, I’ve never dealt with a company using auto-email rejections for late-stage interviews, it’s always been an HR call where you can ask for feedback.
Besides that, it seemed like a cool team and role, though I would echo others in that it is a lot of RFP writing rather than what you’d typically think of in a strategy role.
