I was contacted by a recruiter in mid November of 2018. She told me to give her dates for the end of November to interview but set up a phone interview a month later at the end of December. The first phone interview was a technical interview regarding algorithms and data structures - typical stuff you'd see in a software interview. I passed this stage and the recruiter called me immediately to schedule a follow up phone interview. The second phone interview was a business interview in that they asked about Indeed's business model, competitor analysis, and product improvements. After the interview, the interviewer told me I'd hear back in a day or so. Fast forward 2 weeks and I still don't have any feedback. The person who interviewed me was not the person that was listed in the scheduling email. I emailed the recruiter about this and she didn't seem to know that I had already finished my interview and who it was that actually interviewed me. She told me she'd get back to me with feedback. A few days later, she told me there was feedback and scheduled a phone call with me but never called. I emailed her to follow up but she did not respond to that either. She eventually got back to me with a no, and said I needed a deeper knowledge. However, this was unexpected as the interview feedback I got during the interviews was that I did well. The entire experience just seemed very unprofessional and a waste of time considering it took from November to January for 2 phone interviews, followed by weeks of waiting and a missed meeting by the recruiter. This is especially apparent as I was going through the Google interview process and onsite at the same time. The Google process and recruiters were just so much more on the ball.

There are 3 interviews in the process. 1. Technical screening: 30 minutes was a business section and 30 minutes for a coding question. 2. 4 (45 min) interviews lined up: One was a business interview, another product (which was a open ended question), and two more coding. Everybody was friendly. 3. Project deep dive with hiring manager: Talking about a project you worked on of your choice. The process is very very slow and they don't give you feedback. I asked at the end of the technical screening if I did ok and he refused to tell me. After I finished the project deep dive interview with the hiring manager I received a rejection email with zero explanation! I emailed my recruiter trying to get some feedback or something but crickets.