Pros
Friendly contact with some of them. The selection process (meeting call, rejection call,...) was via a call over the phone rather than an email, which I appreciate so you are able to communicate very effectively.
Cons
I interviewed on a certain case day together with another guy. I and that other guy I didn't know had to prepare the case but had to choose by ourselves in the company of a manager who would go first (The one who would go second would have half an hour extra to prepare. This is extremely weird and sloppy arranged) I mentioned to the other guy that he could choose. After some awkward silence, he mentioned he wouldn't mind going first. We also were given a sandwich on the house during our preparation time, which you could eat together with the people of the company. However, this meant having less time to prepare your case as the manager told us that eating it was during the preparation time. He also mentioned we could skip eating with the company if we wanted to prepare more. I choose the latter. Right before the first guy had to explain the case to the managers, I also finished my presentation and was able to have a light chat with other managers who were sitting in the same room. The other guy did not make a presentation but wrote things down on a paper. I also made sure solutions to any follow up questions I could think of were on my slides. During my presentation, I noticed that one manager was really not listening to what I was saying, the other one did. I also did not receive many questions, part of which was also due to the extra follow-up solutions that were already on my slides. I had a call back later that week where they mentioned my case defense was impressive and beyond what they typically expect, but they thought there is a misfit between the culture of the organization and me. The manager pointed out the awkward negotiation about who would defend the case first and felt like I was being competitive (he was present there), although he did like the nice conversation I had with him when the other guy defended his case. I feel like the other guy realized when he was going to present that his notes (and not a presentation) were not very professional, and put the blame on me that he didn't had a lot of time to prepare during his case. He did also ate with the company, leading to half an hour time less to prepare. The fact that one of the managers was already mentally absent during my case defence supports this. I feel like the whole recruitment process was extremely biased due to sloppy situations the company created accidentally and they based on criteria that do not measure cultural fit and performance well at all. It feels like they suddenly realized that day during the first case that they created an unfair advantage for the guy who came second, and wanted to overcompensate it for the first guy. At the end, I'm happy I wasn't moving forward with the company based on the unprofessionalism. I'm a very motivated person and strive to do well and work very detailed, so I think the company is not the best place to start and advance your career rapidly.
