I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Medallia (Palo Alto, CA) in Apr 2014
Interview
Interviewing at Medallia was challenging and rewarding. The first step of the process before I even got a phone interview was to take a "Challenge" which consisted of creating a week-long off site agenda for a particular department, in addition to answering some short-essay questions. But within hours of submitting my Challenge, I was contacted and heard about next steps--a phone interview. The phone interview with the recruiter was extremely pleasant and she gave helpful insight about the company and where it's headed. From there, I came in for a 1:1 interview. After that went well, I came in one more day to meet with three more people on the team. Shortly after that, I was offered the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If there was a bio written about you in the local newspaper, what would it say?
Thanks for sharing your experience and welcome to the team. We're thrilled you were up for our Challenge and had a positive experience with your recruiter. If you're interested in sharing any additional thoughts, especially about how we can improve the process, please let your recruiter know or share them with me at amy.pressman@medallia.com.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Medallia (Palo Alto, CA)
Interview
I applied online and was contacted within a week by one of their recruiters. We had an initial phone screen a few days later and was told I would be moving onto next steps. Things were moving really fast, which was nice. I had my on-site interview less than six business days later (due to my schedule), which was a pleasant experience.
Next step was to complete the 'Medallia Challenge,' which is where things became very frustrating.
I was given a test that took me about three hours to complete. When I turned it in (at the beginning of the week), I was told I would get a response within three business days or EOW, which seemed totally fair. Middle of the following week arrives and no response from the recruiter yet, so I kindly reach out to see how things are and if there is anything else needed on my end. No response.
I give it five more days before sending another response. Hey, things pop up, I get it! No response.
It's now been close to three weeks since I've heard from the recruiter, so I send another email out, this time I cc one of the folks who I initially sent the completed challenge to via email (as instructed at the time). Miraculously, the recruiter responds and says they aren't moving forward with my candidacy and that there wasn't a response because things were up in the air. That's it. No feedback on the challenge/test (I requested it, too).
Okay, I totally get that, but really, you can't even send me an update on this? It takes thirty seconds. You could have even sent me a text! I find that behavior distasteful and very unprofessional. Why would one think it's OK to waste someone's time like that? You can't even give me feedback on the challenge to see where I fell short so that I could work on it for the next time an opportunity like this arises? If you aren't prepared to give feedback on tests like this then it's not fair to ask someone to take time out of their day to complete a task that takes three+ hours to do, and then ignore them until it's convenient for you.