StartUs Insights interview questions

Disclaimer: I will try to describe the interview process as accurately as possible. In addition to that, I will also try to give my honest opinion regarding how the process should have been conducted, as I too have conducted a considerable amount of interviews in my career as a hiring manager. So, I would encourage the company and the interviewers to take these as constructive criticism, rather than holding any grudges against me. This would ultimately help you, in the long run, to provide a good interview experience to all the potential candidates. I applied online and got a reply from HR to fill out a Google form and do a case study. The case study was very easy, wherein the candidate is expected to create a database in Excel of 20 potential new customers by researching on the internet and their website. The next was the HR round which, in my opinion, should have been more dynamic. Instead of asking a pre-defined set of questions, HR should have at least made an effort to make this more of a two-way conversation between the two people and less of an 'I ask, you answer' one. Furthermore, typically, one would not expect an HR to ask technical questions regarding Excel but I can understand that since this is not a huge company, a single person can ask questions of those sorts. Lastly, asking the candidate about their current salary is not very professional. I am aware of the fact that almost all the companies in India do ask these questions, but since this is a European company and not an Indian one, this question should not be asked. Towards the end of the interview, HR then informed me that any questions that I have will be answered by the hiring manager in the next round. The next round (and final for me) was the interview with the CEO Mr David Prasser. While his vision for this company is crystal clear and I do respect him for that, what he seriously lacks is professionalism in his way of talking and conducting interview. You cannot start checking your mobile phone whilst the candidate is trying their best to answer a serious question like 'Why should we hire you?'. Even if you are not interested in the candidate anymore, you should at least listen to what they have to say. Who knows, what new idea you might encounter? This is a bit disrespectful towards the candidate. Furthermore, if you say 'I will get back to you soon' at the interview's conclusion, you should get back to the candidate irrespective of whether they were selected (which again points towards the lack of professionalism).

After applying immediately got a email that I have to complete a task. The task included me starting a google sheets table and sharing it with them. Then they asked me to fill the google sheets table with all the startups I know of in a particular area. Then they took the list, and said I am not selected. Great way of getting work done for FREE.