There were two interviews, both MS Teams/Zoom teleconferencing. They are probably doing more in person at this time. The first interview was essentially a screening to make sure you could answer a few questions relevant to your job experience - i.e. to make sure you were who your resume said you were. That was with just one person, and lasted between 30 - 45 minutes. The second interview was with a panel of people. Three days before the interview, I was provided with a packet of sample information - basically an Excel workbook which I was asked to run a few analyses on. The data was anonymized sales and customer information from a previous month. The "homework" ate my entire weekend. For the panel interview, I was asked to present my findings, and quizzed on my method. It was obvious that they were looking for something that I was missing, but they never disclosed what it was. Neither did they cut the interview short. It was over an hour of being grilled, but in a friendly way, which sort of made it feel more uncomfortable. It almost felt like they were toying with me. Along with the homework, they had also sent their benefits package, which looked pretty good, and also their "non-compete" clause, which would bar me from working at any company deemed a competitor for five years. In this town, that could mean some of the largest employers, including Nike and Columbia. I checked the legality of that, and Oregon made those kinds of clauses illegal for the amount of pay that job was offering, so if you are put off by that as I was, know that it's unenforceable. In the end, I received an email stating that they were re-evaluating the position and would not be moving forward.
