Rainforest Trust interview questions

My interview process took nearly two months and involved far too many steps. It began with an HR phone screening, followed by a “one-way” prerecorded interview, which I found disrespectful of my time. If you want to get to know a candidate, have the decency to interview them face to face. Next was a typical zoom interview/ conversation with the direct manager. 4th round was a timed writing assignment, which felt like unpaid labor (writing an appeal letter for them) 5th round was a panel interview with six other people, normal and typical interview. Unfortunately after making it through 5 rounds of interviews they did not reach out again. Although maybe it was for the best, since according to their own timeline there were still more interviews to go, plus reference checks. Overall, the process was excessively long (took over two months from application to round 5) and included unnecessary and demeaning steps like the writing assignment and one-way recorded interview. The worst part was being ghosted after investing so much time and effort. Candidates deserve the basic courtesy of communicating that they were not selected. I left the process feeling disrespected and that my time was disregarded.

The interview process, while a bit overly long and drawn out, wasn’t necessarily negative. I got the job so what does that tell you. But if memory serves me right I think I had to record a video clip of myself answering a few questions first before meeting with human resources and then meeting with my manager and then having a panel interview and then meeting the CEO before being offered the position. All told that equals five overall interviews I think that’s kind of a lot, but I understand where they were coming from.