The interview process lasted 2 month. 1,5 month of waiting and 2 weeks of three rounds of interview.
First was video call on Teams with HR and manager. They mostly asked personal questions taking turns. Right next day I got invitation to second round.
Second round was in person meeting in Vienna office. They asked me to prepare 40 min presentation based on case studies scenarios that they sent in PDF file and gave me 12h. (The case studies scenarios are listed below). The meeting lasted 1 hour and I was waiting 2 weeks to hear back.
After 2 weeks, they invited me to the third round in their headquarter in Kremsmünster town, which is 2,5h drive from Vienna. They said it's needed "to get the feeling of the company culture and to meet my potential colleagues onsite". But instead I had a surprise 1:1 interview with the manager of my manager that no one told me about. I did not like this. The manager did not see my CV and asked many irrelevant to my experience questions and did not introduce himself.
After that I waited 1 month to receive 2 sentences: "we found a better fit for this position". They did not say "thank you for spending 8h of your day travelling so far away for the last round of interview", or "thank you for investing another day of your life for making presentation and coming to Vienna's office". Nothing like that was mentioned, I felt I'm a number for them. I'm glad I'm not working there.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Since the beginning of 2025, there has been an IT Service established for Adobe Products (Adobe Creative Cloud,
Adobe Acrobat Pro, etc). This means that, now, there is a fixed contact person (Service Owner) for Adobe Products
within IT, who takes care for this system and its users. Prior to that, IT was contacted only for the assignment of an
Adobe license, but did not provide any other type of support.
• Which specific steps need to be taken when developing this new IT service? How would you proceed?
• Which aspects would need to be considered when establishing a new IT service for any system? What should
we be paying attention to?
• Which challenges or roadblocks do you think could appear?
The Sustainability department within Greiner would like to create its 1st eLearning course. The department would
like to develop the eLearning in Articulate by themselves but need support for it. (Greiner uses Articulate as
eLearning creation tool.)
• How would you proceed to ensure that a qualitative eLearning output is created? What needs to be considered?
• Which challenges could appear?
• What do you consider a qualitative e-learning?/How would you measure the success of an e-learning output?
Candidatei-me por meio de uma agência de recrutamento. Fui entrevistado pela Greiner AG (Kremsmünster, Upper Austria) em mai. de 2025
Entrevista
During the interview, I was asked to share an example of a challenge I faced while leading a team. I began by describing a situation that occurred early in my time as a team lead, where we were working under intense pressure from a contractor. A new team member—unfamiliar with the consultancy environment—misunderstood the situation and ended up complaining about me to my superior.
Just as I was beginning to explain the broader context and how I handled the issue, the HR representative interrupted the conversation and stated that they need to stop the interview and not continue any more. Continued to say I wasn’t a cultural fit for the company. They mentioned that the company has a respectful, multicultural environment where employees learn and grow together. The representative also added that they had other candidates who were more suitable for the position. This decision was made without asking for any further details or clarifying questions, which left me surprised by the premature judgment.
I politely asked if I could continue explaining, and they allowed me to do so. I then shared the outcome of the situation—how the team member later recognized the misunderstanding, admitted to misjudging me, and came to appreciate my efforts to lead the team fairly under difficult circumstances. I also attempted to explain my management approach, which focuses on understanding team members individually and adapting to different working styles.
However, even with this opportunity, there was no meaningful engagement afterward, and I was left in a rather strange situation—unsure whether I had been able to express myself clearly.
Having conducted many interviews myself, I strongly believe in creating a space where candidates can be fully understood—both in terms of technical abilities and team compatibility via directing correct questions. Unfortunately, in this case, I wasn’t given that chance. The experience did not reflect the values that the HR representative claims to uphold, and I felt that my contribution and potential were not truly valued.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
What did you feel when you read our job description?
Candidatei-me online. Fui entrevistado pela Greiner AG (Viena) em jan. de 2020
Entrevista
2 online interviews, which contained a case study, then a personal interview with the manager. When very smooth and quickly. The entire processes lasted one month. The employer supported with covering costs for transportation.