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Anonymous Interview Candidate in San Francisco, CA

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I interviewed at Fastly (San Francisco, CA)

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Recruiting team was on top of it. Clear communication and they were prompt with scheduling and responses. I knew where I was in the process at all times. Very organized interview, knew what I was going to discuss with interviewers.

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First round was well organised after being called by a recruiter. Was then followed up with a successful continuation to the next stage. This included writing approx 1000 word document split into 5 questions. Was then told I was unsuccessful due to lack of experience for an internship role.

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Fastly is hiring a Sr workday reporting analyst. Needs to be out of SF, LA, Denver or NYC but very minimal in office. Message if interested there’s a great team here. Asking for 7-10 years exp, bet a little less would be fine. Good WLB and relatively good comp

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Anonymous Interview Candidate in San Francisco, CA

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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Fastly (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2023

Interview

8 Interviews, 2 with HR/ recruiting. 3 zoom interviews in 1 day and 3 zoom interviews in the next day. A person would need to take days off at their present job to be on these interviews.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate

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Positive Experience
Average Interview
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I applied online. I interviewed at Fastly

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The application process is straight forward. The company is quick to reply. When you are not invited for an interview, about 5 days for a rejection email from the time of submitting your application.

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  • Did not make it to the interview section but answered questions on the application.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Fastly

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Fairly easy interviews. Easy coding question to implement data structure and then a few conversations about my career. A few systems design questions and inquiring how I would handle different engineering scenarios.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate in London, England

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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Fastly (London, England) in Jul 2023

Interview

Contacted my the recruiter via call for an on the spot screening and then placed into a process which was already running. A bit of an odd process in that I didn't meet the hiring manager but stakeholders from outside the function first.

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  • General competency questions on International HR and employment practice.
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Fastly

Anonymous Interview Candidate

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Negative Experience
Average Interview
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I applied through other source. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Fastly in May 2023

Interview

First meeting went well. Second meeting, interviewer came with questions that were so vague, no diagrams, not well thought out that it confused them as well as me. Gave the impression they weren't over concerned with being in the interview, and seemed bored to sum up the experience. I can understand why they are struggling to fill these roles when they have managers such as these responsible for hiring. I'm glad I found this out prior to working for this company. My advice if you have multiple options available to you, steer clear. Best part of the process, reaffirming how good I have it where I am.

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  • None really, just my previous experience. One specific question which was so vague, it was confusing at best.
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Fastly

Anonymous Interview Candidate in San Francisco, CA

No Offer
Neutral Experience
Easy Interview
Application

I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Fastly (San Francisco, CA)

Interview

30 min Phone call w/ recruiter 30 min video call w/ hiring manager Pretty basic questions about background and experience w/ data modeling. Feedback was given back fairly shortly after interview

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I interviewed at Fastly

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The interview process was facilitated through a recruiter, the one-on-one with the hiring manager was done through video interview. Overall, I thought the process was positive though final decision transparency was lacking.

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  • Describe your experience with technical accounting research and memos.
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Fastly

Anonymous Interview Candidate

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Average Interview
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Fastly in Mar 2023

Interview

Good first two negative attitude from third interviewer who was grumpy and dismissive right from the first second. I would not want to work with him anyway. Would be a terrible boss

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Fastly Interviews FAQs

Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Fastly as 45.2% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.76 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Systems Analyst and Senior Mission Control Engineer (Security) rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Learning & Development Specialist and Sales Executive roles were rated as the easiest.

The hiring process at Fastly takes an average of 27.65 days when considering 93 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Program Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 5 days), whereas SRE roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).

Common stages of the interview process at Fastly according to 93 Glassdoor interviews include:

Phone Interview: 35.63%

One on One Interview: 26.44%

Group Panel Interview: 11.49%

Presentation: 8.62%

Background Check: 5.17%

Drug Test: 4.60%

Skills Test: 4.02%

IQ Intelligence Test: 1.72%

Personality Test: 1.15%

Other: 1.15%

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Is it normal that after the pre-interview with HR, and after he mentioned I would have the first interview with manager xx, he just disappeared? I sent an email and called the office a week later but no answers from him. Is this the way KPMG recruit people? He also contacted me two months later from the day I applied.

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Confused. Currently working for a mid sized firm with big clients but have been offered a role through my network for a relatively small startup but a with higher designation / lead role & similar salary to my existing pay. The new role is more strategy + lead but non technical while my current role is managerial level but more technical. If in my position, would you stay in your current role or take the new one?? Happy to answer follow up questions. Thank you.

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