I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Solera (San Diego, CA) in Aug 2011
Interview
1. Applied Online & was contacted by Recruiter for an interview with Hiring Manager - Director of PM
2. Phone Interview - First with the Recruiter and Second with Hiring Manager. It was generally positive; He asked me about my Product Management experience; Agile Scrum experience
3. Asked to come back for 1st Onsite Interview: I was interviewed by 3 people (1:1)
a. Project Manager - He focused on Agile Scrum; How they were moving to a newer platform
b. Hiring manager - More than an hour; He discussed at length how I would go about a end-user focused mobile application (who would pay for it; how to garner requirements and so on); All in all a positive experience
c. Sr. Biz Analyst - She had mis-read my resume and had to spend 10 minutes explaining the resume; She asked on how I would handle dependencies in a Sprint cycle
My questions were pertinent about their business model; their global strategy and how they would compete in fairly mature market. I was asked if I could also stay back and talk to VP - boss of the Hiring manager
d. VP - It was weird interview; The VP asked me if I was open to travel; open to work long hours
4. Asked to come back one more time- 2nd onsite visit this time to talk to 3 more key team members:
a. Sr. Product Manager 1: We spoke about my experience and he challenged me on my experience with Requirements Management
b. Sr. Product Manager 2: This PM was new company as opposed to all other interviewers; He asked me to explain in detail how I would go about analyzing requirements for a new product.
c. Sr. Biz Analyst: She was great at explaining expectations for the role.
Almost all the interview over time
I was told at the end of all these interviews (more than 5 hours spread across 3 weeks; that they'll inform me about their decision in 2 weeks.
2 weeks went by and I decided to call back the recruiter about the interview. The recruiter plainly told me that they decided to pursue other candidates.
Audatex, gets a failing grade both on decision making and on interviewing. After all my time off work, and two on site interviews I didn't so much as get a formal letter or a telephone call from Audatex.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you go about designing a new end-user focused Product?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Solera (Ciudad de Mexico) in Jun 2022
Interview
El proceso fue bastante rapido y agil, el reclutador dio muy buen seguimiento. las entrevistas con los que serian mis jefes tambien fue muy satisfactoria y clara, de ahi al reclutamiento todo fue muy bien
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Solera
Interview
Process was relatively easy and took place in a short period of time. I was contacted by company recruiter. After phone interview with recruiter and 2 in person interviews with manager and director, I received a job offer.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Solera in Dec 2018
Interview
This was the second time that I have been contacted by Solera for a product management role and both times the experience was the same.
Had a quick phone call with talent acquisition before they passed me off to the hiring manager. The phone interview went great and got positive feedback from the recruiter. In the middle of some email exchanges trying to schedule an on-site interview, they completely stopped all communication with me. After getting good feedback and being ghosted for the second time I won't be considering Solera for any future positions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe some constructive criticism that you've received recently and what, if any, changes you've made since.
