I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Groupon (Palo Alto, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
Distasteful and unprofessional. I was urged to give the Technical Interview on the phone w/the hiring manager in spite of not being well. I spent a day or two prepping for the interview. Without prior notice, another hiring manager from a totally different team showed up on the call. The entire phone screen including case study was based on this new hiring manager's product area or focus and not what I was going to be hired for. I was caught off guard and all the time I spent working up on the product I was going to be hired for was a waste.
After spending an hour on the phone w/the interviewer and days prior being engaged w/the company in the hiring process; the recruiters had no decency to respond back to my follow up emails. Irrespective of whether I made it through or not to the next round, I would have liked some feedback and at least a response back from the company.
The recruiters and company need to value the time and effort candidates put in to the interviewing process.
Received offer but rejected because of loss of trust in leadership through the interview process.
Invested 4+ weeks to receive an offer which was for a temporary contract position.
It was obvious that leadership had consciously made the decision to hide this until the very end of the process. Not sure what the intention was here, but it would have been easier for everyone involved to be transparent from the initial recruitment call.
I hope no candidate has to go through this again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case study to build a merchant listing creation flow using AI tools.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Groupon
Interview
The overall process took 3 weeks and the response another week. There were 3 interviews in total. 1 Phone screen, 2 hiring manager and then the 3rd executive leader. Very straightforward interview process.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Groupon (New York, NY) in Jan 2022
Interview
I was invited for the first round of the Project manager position at Groupon. The first round was HR phone screen. They didn't get back to me and on follow up said they filled the position internally.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q. Tell me about yourself?
Q. Why this company?
Q. Tell me about a time you had to deal with a difficult client / customer.
Q. What makes you a good fit for the position?