I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BioRender (Toronto, ON) in Jul 2020
Interview
About 1 week after submitting an online application, I was contacted by someone in the company to attend an interview. I chose the date and time for the following week. During the interview, we discussed the company/role and I answered a lot of questions in the 20 minutes that we had. We also managed to squeeze in some friendly conversation. I thought the interview went quite well and was pleased to see an email later that evening requesting that I submit a writing assessment that needed to be completed by midnight the following night.
After spending a good amount of time on this project, including tons of research on the company website, I submitted the work sample within the deadline. I received a response from the same person the next day thanking me and letting me know she'd be in touch soon.
I let 1 week go by before following up to see if there was an update on my application. I received no response. After another 2 weeks, I emailed the person again asking for feedback on my interview and work sample, as I presumed that I'm not moving forward. It's been 1 week since that final email and haven't received any response, not even an auto-reply stating the person is out of the office. I was really excited about the prospect of working for this company, but was disappointment with this process. It's disrespectful of my time to ask me to do a work sample and not reply after weeks, especially given how difficult it is to search for a job during a pandemic. Although I had been excited, I suppose this experience gives me some insight as to the poor communication within the company.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback, and I’m glad that your initial interview felt positive. We are really sorry to hear that we dropped the ball getting back to you in a timely manner - that’s not representative of how we aim to approach recruitment or candidate experience at BioRender. Since the time that you interviewed with us, we’ve brought on a Talent Manager and introduced new tools to ensure that this won’t happen going forward. We’d welcome an opportunity to discuss your experience more in-depth - please send us a note to people@biorender.com .
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