I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Urban SDK (Jacksonville, FL) in May 2025
Interview
This is not a serious company. I dedicated several hours to studying their company, product, and market. Urban SDK hired an external staffing agency to supposedly fill a few roles as the company expands to a larger office and seeks to nearly double its client base. Throughout the interview process, UrbanSDK surprised me and the recruiting team that helped to prepare me for their interviews with their lack of professionalism.
When you come to an interview prepared and knowledgeable about their product, and you are told to "tell a joke," it's not just an offensive song and dance game. You are leveraging your position of authority during a historically poor job market to ridicule the person who took time out of their week to prepare for a serious interview. I fumbled the joke, but I found the punchline- it's you, UrbanSDK, you are the joke.
Made it past that preliminary interview despite my poor joke performance and met with their VP of Revenue. Initially, he did not show up to our scheduled interview, and we had to reschedule due to "technical difficulties." Once we finally had our interview, I thought it went great and he promised to provide me with a decision by the end of the next day (Friday). It took this "VP" 10 days to get back to me after he had also ghosted the recruiting company that his company spent resources to retain. The recruiters apologized to me for UrbanSDK's lack of professionalism and said they have never experienced anything like this with their other clients.
So what was the verdict in the end? I got an excellent book recommendation from the VP, and was told that he and one of their account managers (I did not know that account managers make hiring decisions) have decided to pause on hiring until the end of Q3, but they think I will be a good fit down the line.
Do yourself a favor, don't waste your time with this company because they are absolutely willing to take as much of your time and waste as much of your time as you are willing to give them. They do not know what they want, do not have executive decision-making ability, and are willing to waste your time and their own time because they have the wrong the folks at the helm of the ship.
I still think this is an interesting technology with a lot of growth potential. I certainly would be willing to give this another try if they hire someone to their leadership team who doesn't have their pants on backwards and knows how to make decisions. But first, tell me a joke.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
*Job market at historic low*
*AI actively replacing sales professionals (humans)*
*Candidate takes hours of their week to engage this company and study*
Interviewer: "tell me a joke"
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Urban SDK (Jacksonville, FL) in Oct 2024
Interview
My interview experience with URBAN SDK for the Implementation Specialist role was disappointing.
After the first interview, I was asked to provide references, which I submitted promptly. Unfortunately, after sharing them, I was ghosted without any follow-up or closure. The interview itself, led by their Associate VP of Revenue, felt very one-sided and unengaging. The interviewer seemed distracted and not fully attentive to my responses.
Additionally, I wasn’t given any opportunity to ask questions about the role or company, making the interview feel rushed and like a mere formality rather than a genuine conversation. Overall, this experience left me questioning the company’s professionalism and approach to candidate engagement in the hiring process, even though the interviewer mostly talked about how great their company culture is and how they only want to hire the "right" people.
The interview process was very quick and efficient. The team was knowledgeable and friendly. They were respectful of my time, and made a great effort to answer all questions I had.