The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Wallacespace (New York, NY)
Interview
It was a really nice interview I felt very comfortable with the person who did my interview. He explained me everything about the job the hours the way the company works and I was fully aboard straight away. The interview lasted 30 min and I had the chance to work with the rest of the team for 2 hours to see what is the jod about
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Wallacespace (Saint Pancras, England) in Apr 2019
Interview
One can see that once there was an effort to have structure, but interviewers are obviously not trained, they arrive unprepared but have the highest expectations from you in terms of preparation (you will be given assignments at all stages). The process, on the paper, is straight forward, but in practice, you end up being interviewed by someone who does not even want to talk to you but rather wants to get it over with; I've been invited to a building when the interview was in a different one, then put in room to wait, and then moved to a different room again because the interviewer, who is also a director, did not feel like going up the stairs... all sorts of things like that...
Expect some irrelevant tests, in a noisy lunch area, with no explanations on what they are and why you do it (still have not heard how I did...)
The worst is the final round, where the interviewer is obviously repeating the same questions again and again as she does not seem natural at all, the conversation was very artificial though she claimed she wanted it to be a natural flow. Very disturbing that she asks personal questions; what is the purpose of it?
Forget about any room for salary negotiation, I tried, they do not seem to understand that work is a competitive environment where people have different values; their vision is that it would not be fair to others to go beyond the bracket... never heard anything that stupid in an interview...
How much they pay says a lot about how they value people and about the reality of the job - this is a simple booking job and pays as one.
After watching the atmosphere in the office (I had time, since they were awfully late), I was not even sure I wanted it: childish chatting and giggling, obvious excessive emphasis on how people look, awful music and dirty working space... it looked like a private living room rather than a professional working space.
Better off without that job!
I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Wallacespace in Sept 2018
Interview
At first i had a phone interviews, the HR employee called me one hour too early and caught me off guard, but fair enough, it was offered to do it at the agreed time then, which i refused so we went on. The invitation for a 1:1 interview followed.
The day I showed up no one was expecting me at that time, but two hours later. I had to prove that the time that I showed up was actually the agreed time. So I showed the e-mail. The person who was supposed to do the interview was not in yet, someone else jumped in. Nice of her, but obviously she was also not prepared to meet me. Not meeting rooms were available so we sat down in the cafe/canteen where we were surrounded by approximately 30-40 other people and it was as loud as on a busy street. We spoke for like 5 minutes and then I was asked to do a 40min test, in that loud environment.
My third interview I ran a little late to be honest, which was very unfortunately, however no one was waiting for me yet either and the interviewer was a little late too, as initially no one could figure out who was going to interview me.
The final interview was a pretty normal one, i was asked job specific questions and was asked to describe the tasks of the client manager. I was also asked a couple of personal questions, which could be a nice thing but it did not necessarily feel like a genuine conversation, or like someone was trying to get to know me, it felt more like it was an attempt to find something that would not work for them.
I can‘t say that a nice atmosphere was being created or that i felt welcome.
Also i was warned about the very low salary and should not expect it to increase anytime soon.
I was not offered the job in the end, I think it also just did not click, however I feel like no one actually cared. It‘s a shame as their offices seem lovely and many of the people working there seemed quite friendly. I think I would have declined the job anyway even if it was offered to me.