Four stages in total: application (no confirmation email received — surprising for a SaaS company), a one-way video questionnaire, a presentation round, and a final interview with the India team.
The presentation round was poorly managed. The call was scheduled for 3:30pm but I was only let in at 4pm. During the presentation itself, the interviewer was visibly distracted and chatting rather than paying attention. Not a great signal when you're asking a candidate to invest time preparing and presenting.
The India team interview, by contrast, was professional and substantive — a noticeably different experience.
It has been over a month since the final round with zero communication. No offer, no rejection, nothing. For a company that sells SaaS products built around productivity and communication, the inability to send a single status email to a candidate is telling.
The Singapore hiring effort doesn't appear serious. The process felt like checkbox exercises rather than genuine evaluation. Candidates invest real time across multiple rounds — the least a company can do is close the loop.
Advice to Zoho
If you're not actively hiring in Singapore, don't post roles and run candidates through four rounds. Respect people's time.