I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Laka (London, England) in Sept 2024
Interview
A company that presents itself as friendly, supportive and people-oriented. Couldn’t be further from the truth. I got contacted to set up an initial interview and asked if I could make tomorrow. I put my time aside at short notice to make the interview. I shortly got invited to a second interview in that same week. Once again I put time aside at short notice to make the interview. Told I would hear back by Friday.
No response. I follow up, ignored. I follow up again, ignored again. By the next Friday I knew that even if they meant NEXT Friday they had still not fulfilled their promise. I followed up again with a much more direct tone and lo and behind I get a reply immediately, fobbing me off by saying I WAS still in the running but that actually they were going back for more fundraising so they weren’t hiring for the role anymore. They must think I was born yesterday to believe that.
After the accommodations I made for Laka I was rewarded with blatant disrespect. I put my time aside at short notice and was discarded without so much as a word, ignored even when I make an effort to chase them up. I was keen on the role but after the way I was treated I could not want it less. An unfortunate reminder of the contempt that people are treated with in the job market today. “Never close the door to anyone that comes our way” though!
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Laka (London, England)
Interview
The interviewer was uninterested and uninvolved, the interview ended shortly, the interviewer asked about their company, my background and my motivation behind joining the team. The interview went ok, yet there was no personal connection, nor questions relevant to my experiences.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Laka in Feb 2024
Interview
The interview process was fairly standard. The first stage was a hiring manager interview (1hr)
the task was to host a workshop with senior stakeholders to decide whether to launch to a new market or not (1hr)
3rd interview was 30 mins culture fit with the other Senior Product manager