Candidatei-me de outra forma. O processo levou 2 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Workwize (Netherlands) (Amsterdã) em abr. de 2026
Entrevista
Interview process started positively: the recruiter reached out for a Growth Lead role and mentioned that my background seemed to match what they were looking for. The recruiter interview went well, but I later learned the position would be contractor-based rather than a standard employment contract, which had not been communicated upfront. Salary expectations were also never discussed during the process.
The hiring manager interview raised additional concerns. The expectations for the role seemed extremely broad and unrealistic for a single position. They were looking for someone with deep expertise across demand generation, outbound email marketing, hands-on execution of paid campaigns (LinkedIn, Meta, etc.), team leadership experience, and strong knowledge of LLMs/AI tools — essentially multiple specialized roles combined into one.
Overall, the process felt disorganized and lacking transparency, especially regarding compensation and employment structure. The company may benefit from defining more realistic expectations for the role and being clearer upfront about contractor status and salary range.
Candidatei-me online. Fui entrevistado pela Workwize (Netherlands) em jan. de 2026
Entrevista
Worst experience ever. The recruiter showed zero interest, no preparation and no small talk. Never followed up with me. I send an email, nothing. A month later a get an email for another recruiter from the company. Thw standard, no sorry you’re not it. It wasn’t even clear it was from workwize.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
What was harder, being a product designer or owner?
Candidatei-me por meio de recrutador(a). Fui entrevistado pela Workwize (Netherlands) (Amsterdã) em dez. de 2025
Entrevista
A recruiter reached out to me and, despite my initial hesitation, convinced me to proceed after giving an impressive overview of the company and its product - which I genuinely liked.
Instead of a typical HR screening, I was interviewed for over 30 minutes by a Senior Manager and a Senior IT representative. I appreciated the depth of their questions, and the discussion felt promising.
In the third round, I was asked to build a full e-commerce system (frontend + backend) - exactly the same stack I have been working with for the past 8+ years, handling millions of requests and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
I completed the assignment with full dedication.
Then... silence.
After two weeks with no response, I followed up - only to receive a rejection.
The reason?
"You added manual indexing on one table."
In Laravel, indexing is normally handled through migrations, especially in initial builds. To this day, I am not even sure what they meant by "manual indexing." It was painfully clear that the assignment was evaluated by someone who did not properly understand the stack they themselves requested.
What makes this more disappointing:
I was told I would be compensated for any expenses.
I purchased domain and hosting specifically for this assignment.
Nothing was reimbursed.
No proper explanation.
No courtesy reply.
I genuinely believe the product idea has potential.
But great ideas can be destroyed by careless processes and unprofessional hiring practices.
Still - I wish them luck.