Reached out to recruiter and manager via LI, scheduled first round. First round screening was standard questions, I appreciated Slack's recruiters trying to connect from a candidate perspective, allowed me to feel like I could potentially be a culture fit instead of them just asking questions to check off boxes. Easily built rapport/similar vibes. Second round was with the hiring manager and everything went great. He came from similar big tech background, asked all good questions and I came in really prepared. He said he really enjoyed interviewing me and I was pretty sure I advanced to the panel round. The position was in New York and kind of remote, they do prefer you to be in similar region, which was not going to be a problem for me. Slack's AE positions being remote is definitely beneficial. However, when the panel interview showed up, the hiring manager and another manager was on. This other manager did not have his video on, and after a minute or so we figured out that he was actually commuting in the New York subway. This kind of ticked me off because I thought this was pretty disrespectful, even though the hiring manager was on video. The interview went fine but that initial vibe was already off, and at the end of the interview the hiring did not allow me to ask any questions and told me good luck with my interviews. Instinctively I knew something was off, and eventually I came to a conclusion that they had already gone with someone else before my interview, even though I had killed my second round with him just a week ago. I don't mind rejection and understand a company going with another candidate, but I would really appreciate if a) the panel interview would include a video with the manager and b) if Slack had already chosen someone else, I would 100% just prefer to have the recruiter let me know, so I don't have to spend my mental energy to prepare and go through a panel with no path through. It's a waste of my time, just let me go and we can go separate ways, I get if you chose someone else already. That was my only negative experience of the process, but other than that everything including the recruiter made this process really positive. I have no hard feelings, wish there was more transparency that's all.

Got a referral through a friend at SF. Recruiter reached back within a week. 4 rounds Round 1: Recruiter check Thorough walk through of the background, primarily aimed at knowing where you would fit it. From a sales perspective m- SMB, enterprise or large enterprise? Recruiter was courteous and focused. Scheduled the next round the same day. Round 2: Chrono round Since the hiring manager was not available, they scheduled the chrono round first. Found this round interesting, they would go through every major decision of your life to check your approach, consistency and decision making process. Being straight and true was important. Round 3: Panel Recruiter came back with the feedback the same day and got 2 more rounds scheduled- hiring manager and panel rounds. They want to know your approach to sales and the kind of work you have done earlier. And then finally about how you would sell yourself. Case study was easy but it is more about your preferences and priorities. Round 4: hiring manager Really cool guy, super chilled out interaction, he already had the collated feedback from the rest of the team. Just 30 mins and all done. Recruiter reached out the next day with final response, decent offer, all good from there.

The recruiter was excellent. She was organized and provided information I needed prior to speaking with the hiring manager. When I met with the hiring manager he was very “dry” and unapproachable in his tone and delivery. It was one of the oddest interviews I’ve had and I get like I was wasting his time. I emailed the recruiter to let her know about the experience and planned to drop out of the process as he would be my manager.