I applied online. I interviewed at Splunk (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
Applied for a position online and heard back from the recruiter. Had a phone screen with the hiring manager who was excited to hear about my experience and how I could help them with their challenges. Despite their need for a local PM, she wanted me to fly in for an onsite interview with 5 folks. The interviews went very well and I was given a tour of the site at the end of the day along with a rundown of the positives. The hiring manager made me feel I was the right person for the job. After returning back, there were two more Skype video calls with senior management which went very well. The week ended with an email from a senior recruiter who said they were excited to move forward and wanted to discuss next steps.
I was asked to wait till they figured out and cleared the budget with new executive who had recently joined. After a couple of weeks, I was told that the new executive was not okay with the budget and that they had to rescind the offer.
Now it is not uncommon for this to happen, but I felt a lack of professionalism from the other end which is what soured the deal. I am just glad this happened though as I could avert being part of a workplace where it seems ethics are not valued.
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Splunk (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2025
Interview
Obvious ageism. Interview with the recruiter. One interview with a team member. Although extremely qualified for the role, the one person that interviewed me had an obvious bias due to my age. No communication through the process. Received a form rejection letter, couldn't even be bothered to call.
If the interview process is any indication of how it is to work here then RUN. At first, the recruiter was responsive but then he literally ghosted me and seemed to not know what was going on. He tried to schedule me with the same manager 2 times and didn't realize that I already had an interview that he set up. He constantly made promises to give me a call unprovoked I might add and never called when he said he would. I was expecting the end-to-end timeline from start to finish to be about 2 weeks (which he told me) we are currently at 2 months and many ghosted emails. His communication is severely lacking and I have completely lost any interest to work at Splunk no matter how nice the interviewers are.
There were four rounds of interviews. Spoke with a recruiter, hiring manager, engineering manager, and product manager. Interviews were easy. Just make sure you know what the job is entailed and how your background fits the job description.
