The interview was a highly innovative experience conducted in person with the team. They provided pre-reading materials on various applications, encouraging candidates to explore how AI functionality could be reimagined within them. The process involved presenting your ideas and swiftly developing a prototype to demonstrate your concept in action. The team was very encouraging and supportive throughout the interview.
I applied online. I interviewed at Menyala (Singapore)
Interview
BEWARE OF ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE ROLES!
The roles posted by Menyala are not roles that are firm - they are part of the validation process after 2 weeks of work done internally by them.
You will be asked to prepare a case study for them - do not send them the free research after your presentation!
Completed 8 rounds only to find out that they eventually decided not to go ahead to build the venture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Prepare a case study presentation based on the initial research material we have provided you.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Menyala
Interview
Lengthy interview process. Did all 5 rounds with multiple stakeholders, including a take home exercise (case study on a problem in their space) which was given one week to complete. Tbh, the case study did raise some concerns in my head about ethics as well.
Process started off well, but ended really weird. It was a "no" coated with loads of sugar and icing on top.
From my observation during the interview process, there was a lot of focus on "humanising design". Which is so abstract and vague, I never figured it out. Many of the staff I've interacted with were eloquent, so I guess that's what they mean?
All in all, I observed that Menyala is one of those organisations who has adopted the "FAANG" style interview process because they want to hire "the best". Also, because they're part of Temasek.
They've failed to realise that they're a venture builder. Venture builders need to think fast, act fast, fail fast and move on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a complex problem, explain how did you break down the complexity and the steps involved.
