The hiring process at Persona (CA) takes an average of 21 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Project Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 21 days), whereas Project Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 21 days).
Initial interview with the HR was great and was moved onto the next round on the spot. I had to follow up for the next interview and got a response back after a month. They cancelled my 2nd interview unprompted during the end of the day on the Friday before my interview (Monday). It was a mess to reschedule and they claimed the cancelation was due to a "system error". The 2nd interview was a case interview with 2 people from the team. They were not specific with instructions while working through the case and seemed to get frustrated when I asked questions to clarify what they wanted or was speaking through the processes. At a certain point it seemed they had already made up their minds that I was not a fit. They did not maintain their friendly facade to get through answering the questions I had for them at the end. Honestly the biggest waste of time between all the prep I did for a 2 hour case interview and terrible communication from multiple parties.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Persona (CA) in Jun 2024
Interview
One round with the founders - where they went over background and resume. One take home assignment (~10 hours with compensation). And one final interview to discuss the take home assignment
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Take home was about adding special tokens to a model and training it.
I was unfortunately ghosted after round 3. All my interviews went well and I checked in and heard nothing. Seems very unprofessional and a waste of time. Blessing in disguise probably.