How representative of a company is a bad interview process?

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

The company I'm interviewing for is quite appealing. The business idea is interesting, the office is well located, they pay slightly above market and offer lots or perks. The hiring process, on the other hand, is being terrible. I got duplicate emails from HR and the technical interview was a joke. It was a 30 minutes Skype interview with two guys. Only one of them showed up, 10 minutes late, obviously not even having opened my CV, and improvised a couple of lame questions. We agreed that the other guy would contact me for a second interview that same day, but a week later I had to remind them.

I'm not a person that needs perfectly organized and structured organizations and processes, but as most people I appreciate a certain amount of order.

How representative of internal chaos and lack of organization can I assume this process is?

manpreet 3 years ago

How representative of internal chaos and lack of organization can I assume this process is?

You shouldn't assume anything.

I've worked for wonderful companies that had terrible interview processes. And I've worked for what turned out to be terrible companies that had wonderful interview processes.

Unless you are applying for an HR or recruiter job, you need to dig deeper than just "interview processes" to determine if the company is a fit for you or not.