I had 3 rounds, and the whole thing lasted for 1.5 month - Phone interview with the HR - Video interview with the HoS - Take home assignment - Pitch deck creation I had the initial call with the HR, and then the person set me up to having a video interview with the HoS next week. Everything seems fine, during the call with the HoS, he mentioned I should be getting the next step a take home test soon around next week. But the HR sent me an email said they'll give me an update next week asap, without mentioning the test(I sent them an email follow up said I will be waiting for an update, after that nothing has been exchange). And then 3 weeks has passed without any contact, suddenly they sent me an email and ask me to do a pitch deck and has to finish it within 72 hours within received the email. The HR did gave me a call and let me ask Qs about the test, however I do think they can do better in arranging the next step with the candidate, especially they've been ghosting. After completed the pitch deck, the day after they sent a canned email saying that thanks for the completion but they're not going to proceed. I sent them an email follow up and ask for interview feedbacks as I always do, but nothing. The whole interview process gave me a feeling that they just want you to do the pitch deck and use your insights in helping their business expansion. Even they might not want to proceed with your interview, they will still do let you do the deck.

It was a very long application process, 9 weeks from first email to final result. This was partly because the hiring manager took vacation during the process, but nonetheless it took way too long. Other than that it was fairly standard. I had a call with the recruiter (she was amazingly helpful all the way through) then I had a call with the hiring manager. The questions were quite generic, mostly focused around experience and very target focussed. I recommend doing some research into Meltwaters numbers, ARR for the role, book of business, growth & retention figures etc. The hiring manager was impressed that my own numbers were close to those he was hiring for. After this call we had another call with the hiring manager and a CSM and finally moved forward to the assignment round. I was given a business case and asked to put together and pitch for the client. The case was based around a PR crisis at Ahold Delhaize in Benelux, the task was to increase their package for greater coverage. There were 4 parts required for your answer: A recap of their current package, a deep dive into the scenario, a Q & A to explore pain points and areas for growth and finally the pitch. I created a slide deck and the entire pitch was supposed to be around 50 mins. Unfortunutely the EMEA director had to cut me short before I could get to the actual business pitch as he needed to attend another meeting. He asked me a lot direct questions and was very focussed on targets and performance. I was pretty dissapointed that I did not get to finish my pitch which probably cost me the interview in the end. The feedback I recieved is that I did not ask enough questions during the business case Q&A. While I did ask a lot of questions the director EMEA did express that I had not touched on a specfic paintpoint he was looking for. All is all it was an ok experience, just frustratingly long. I also found the environment quite serious and corporate and the director not very warm.