Initial interview with HR > Interview with CEO + Director > Custom presentation + demo > no response for over a month
Spent a lot of time, energy and effort throughout this interview only to not hear from the hiring team after completing the process for over a month. The CEO and hiring team expected candidates to spend time building a custom pitch deck (evaluation on creativity and sales flow) and then doing a full demo within their platform. Their expectations were for 3 hours of prep, but the reality is it easily takes 4x that to do well. The hiring team was supportive in answering questions during the preparation, however I think their expectations and disrespect for candidates time is unbelievable. No SaaS provider should be expecting candidates to learn a platform and the details of features, hiring teams should be able to identify the soft skills required to be a successful seller within the company. Platform knowledge comes with onboarding.
The demo went well and all positive feedback was received. When asked about objections moving forward, nobody had anything to say or concerns. The rejection email came over a month later, with no details on the decision. After spending hours together throughout the process, the lease they could have done is followed up in a timely manner and given feedback on why a candidate was not chosen.