Surge Global interview questions

The interview process spanned roughly three months and included five rounds: 1. Interview with a Senior Project Manager covering general PM questions. 2. A 4-hour take-home assignment based on a use case. 3. Interview with the CTO & COO 4. Interview with a Partner who oversees the PMO. 5. Final panel with the same Partner, the first interviewer, and a new PM. After the fifth round, I received no updates for over two months despite multiple follow-ups to HR (calls, emails and messages were not answered). Eventually I received an automatically generated application rejection email with no feedback. The overall process required significant time with unclear timelines and poor communication after the final stage. It felt like a waste of time and reflected poorly on management. Overall, the experience felt impersonal and not candidate-centric.

I had an extremely disappointing experience with Surge Global’s interview process. After being given a complex take home assignment that involved both manual and automation testing, I dedicated an entire weekend to completing it, including learning Playwright from scratch to meet the automation requirement. After submission, I heard nothing for over two weeks. I had to follow up myself just to get a response. When they finally replied, the feedback was abrupt, harsh, and lacking any recognition of the working solution I submitted. The critique listed several expectations (like Page Object Model, parameterization, etc.) that were never clearly stated in the original assignment instructions. They also completely ignored the comprehensive manual testing documentation I provided. It felt like the effort candidates put in was neither respected nor valued. Asking candidates to do unpaid, time consuming assignments and then providing cold, checklist style rejections without proper communication or constructive feedback reflects poorly on the company’s culture and hiring ethics. Companies that claim to value professionalism should lead by example. Surge Global failed to demonstrate that in my experience.