I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zendesk in Sept 2017
Interview
Friendly, efficient, professional. Started with a 30 minute screen, then a technical screen. Followed up with an on site interview with four more people. Last step as a short one to one in a different date.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when your team solved a problem
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zendesk (Belgrade, Central Serbia) in Jan 2024
Interview
1) Spoke with the Recruiter - Perfect
1.1) Email exchange with another recruiter - pretty smooth
2) Had an interview with the director of engineering - Also was great
3) Interview with the team - had a good time speaking with them
But at the end - nothing
Wrote a letter to a first recruiter, got autoreply that he’s no longer working in Zendesk and he also included the email of his substitute.
I reached out the substitute, never received an answer
After a week reached out to the second recruiter that I spoke with - again, no answer
Although the interview process was great, the result (I was ready for the rejection, so that’s not the case) was complete silence from their side which is shame IMO
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Discussed my experience as a lead on my current project
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zendesk (Singapore) in Sept 2021
Interview
Lots of interviews, very nice panel overall. Very nice to talk to and they explain what they expect in the role etc.
Total of 6 interviews including the intro. And can range from 45mins to 1hr/1.5hr.
Overall good experience.
The decision making is a bit interesting. They normally go through entire set of interviews to give feedback. And if you are not a good "fit", you will be rejected at the end. Which I feel a bit disappointing, considering if you see another candidate performing well, you can probably let go of other in interest of time and effort for the applicant.
