Applied online and a recruiter reached out to set up initial 30 minute screening. The entire 30 minutes were spent with the recruiter talking about their background and career. I was sent a questionnaire after asking me to complete via email. All the questions were standard, but should have been covered during the phone call.
No offer
Negative experience
Easy interview
Application
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Handshake (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2019
Interview
Recruiter put me in touch and I had a phone screen. The woman I had the screen with was really awful. Had me give a full breakdown of my experience and then didn’t tell me much about the role. Said she’d get back to me at the end of the week after they finish this round of 1st level interviews, however she seemed disinterested and not on it. Put me off the entire company.
I spoke with 2 other people Handshake was interviewing and they'd had similar experiences. One also has friends on the sales team so it must just be the HR team (at least those screening AE's) that is off.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Handshake (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2024
Interview
A recruiter messaged me on LinkedIn. The entire process was 5 calls over 4 weeks. 1 recruiter screen, 3 calls with hiring managers and the vp of sales, and a mock discovery call. After completing all five calls, I received a call from HR saying I “passed the hiring screen”, but the head of operations, who I didn’t meet with, rejected me based on my profile. So I wasted all that time for no reason, why are they reaching out to profiles they don’t want?
The feedback they gave was they were hoping to get someone with mid-market experience for this smb role, but the pay was low even for smb. Good luck handshake, you’ll continue to get destroyed by LinkedIn.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a deal you won that you are proud of?
