I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Altezza (None) in Mar 2018
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter for this position (after 5p 3/6/18). She describes the position to me. She stated that the position is a very good fit for me. Before proceeding with the process, I have to confirm that this staffing agency will represent me. In 24 hours, I receive a very late response (after 7:30p 3/7/18) that the hiring manager wants to schedule a phone interview at 1:30p (3/8/18). I couldn’t schedule because I take a lunch from 12p to 1p. Since, the job is a perfect fit; I have to convince my boss to take my lunch from 1p to 2p because I work for a company that is very strict on time and rotation. I told the recruiter that I can do the phone interview at 1:30p after much convincing around 9a (3/8/18). She schedules the interview along with the hiring manager through the email. In a separate email, she gave me a job description, company website, and background info on the hiring manager. Now, I work for a company where cell phones are NOT allowed. During my 15 minute break, I look at the solutions, about, case study, and news pages on the website and what the company does. I also looked at the LinkedIn profile along with the name of the CEO for Searchdex. Everything is set for the phone interview, until I receive a message from the recruiter 2 hours later. She says that the hiring manager is sick and she won’t be able to make the call. I have to call the recruiter for the rest of the story because the hiring manager did not reschedule. When I called the recruiter around 12:30p (outside of the restricted area), I was told that the hiring manger was sick, but the story changes. Now, the hiring manager told the recruiter that she will not call me for the phone interview because I work for a company (banking, not technology) and I do not do SEO full time. So, she decides to skip me after all of this! Keep in mind that I’m have advanced SEO experience against multi-billion dollars companies. Because of my experience, I was able to generate almost $500,000 of sales in North America and Europe. I can promote and diagnose any website from any country. I am very good in HTML and CSS coding. I know how to blend Wordpress blogs to standard templates. Besides analytical skills, I’m a certified Google Adwords Specialist. At the end of the day, I’m just very tired of these corrupt SEO companies in Dallas (Seo Dogs, DexYP aka Dex Media aka Idearc Media/Verizon aka other bankruptcy names). To the hiring manager, you need to get your story straight. I do not appreciate on being stood up like this. Hopefully others candidates can see what type of company SearchDex is.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Altezza (Dallas, TX) in Aug 2015
Interview
The entire process took 5 days!
Applied on Monday, got a phone call from the Hiring Manager the day after, screening/technical interview about my background in Digital Marketing, eCommerce. During the interview, he presented in details the company, the services they provide, their clients, then explain to me the role, what are the challenge, skills and knowledge needed etc... The phone interview lasted about 25/30 minutes. I got an email the day after for an in person interview for Thursday, very laid back company and culture with great services and clients, we basically went through the job description, I explained how my experience was related to every point, met briefly the CEO (brilliant person), got the offer the next day! The entire process took only 5 days!!!!!
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Altezza (Dallas, TX) in Jun 2012
Interview
The screening process was iterative. The first portion was to request a detailed cover letter concerning the particular skills for the position. Then came a detailed questionnaire, asking I again state how the history and skills in my resume fit into this position. This was then followed up with a series of technical screening development exercises in a zip file. If you've had similar problems in the past, they'll be easy enough. Afterwards, there was a phone interview. The coding exercises were reviewed briefly, but the focus was more along the lines of the usual "it says here that you...go into more depth" and a bit of technical drill down when we hit areas of particular interest and overlap.
Very nice, competent and professional people.
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Question 1
One of the screening development tests was a data conversion class, of a file no automated process could have ever created without deliberately convoluted coding.