Candidatei-me online. Fiz uma entrevista na empresa GitLab.
Entrevista
I applied for a PM position here last summer. A few weeks after applying, I got an email from the recruiter asking that I provide answers to 3 questions which made absolutely no sense whatsoever. I could tell from the way the recruiter communicated that English was not her first language, which is fine, but because of this the questions did not make any sense grammatically. They were also completely geared towards a developer or engineer, not a PM... AT ALL! They were so poorly written and so nonsensical that I emailed her back asking for clarification and reiterated that I was a PM candidate, not an engineer or developer. She emailed back saying "Gitlab is a developer tool. The questions therefore is therefore correct." Umm, ok. I think she was upset that I questioned her. I didn't even respond.
Gitlab, you are missing out on quality candidates! Recruiters are the candidate's first impression of the company and you're scaring them away having them suffer through interactions like this. Screen your own recruiters more closely before hiring them. Totally unacceptable.
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Pergunta 1
There are the questions I was asked pasted directly from an email I was sent:
1. Tell us about your experience with coding developer tools, personal or professional.
2. How is working as a software engineering going to change of the coming five years?
3. Whats is important to consider when codeing softwares for enterprises?
Candidatei-me por indicação de um funcionário. O processo levou 3 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela GitLab em mai. de 2024
Entrevista
After being referred by an employee, I landed a screening interview where I was asked about my background, motivations and even had some behavioural questions in the middle.
The overall experience was bad mainly because the interviewer didn't turn on the camera and I couldn't form any type of Empathy. As a 1st interview I believe it's super important to create some kind of relationship with the interviewer so that the interviewed can adapt the pitch. The feedback given was always the same after each question and it demonstrated lack of interest since the beginning from the interviewer.
If this interviewer is the "cover" of the company, I'd seriously consider applying somewhere else.
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Pergunta 1
Tell me about a time where things weren't going well and what you did to overcome it.
Candidatei-me por indicação de um funcionário. Fui entrevistado pela GitLab em nov. de 2023
Entrevista
I was rather late to the process for this position so they informed me at the beginning of my interview that chances were slim. It was nice that the recruiter was super transparent throughout the interview about the process but also things like salary. The interview questions were rather hard and they were clearly looking for specific types of answers and skills. The employee handbook section around interview questions that they sent beforehand was really helpful in preparing.
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Pergunta 1
Can you tell me about a time where you convinced your boss of something they didn’t want to do?
