I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at eBay (Bengaluru) in Apr 2016
Interview
The recruiter called me to have a chat and fixed a Skype call with the hiring manager on a particular date and time. A day before the scheduled Skype call, I was called by another recruiter to fix a face-to-face interview the following week. I waited for the Skype call as scheduled, but got no call at all. There were frantic emails from another recruiter asking if I am on call and things like that. After that nothing happened at all. I proceeded to the face to face interview the following week. That did happen as scheduled without any reference to why the Skype call never happened. The interviewer's only main questions were around Scrum and arguing why the Scrum that eBay followed was "perfect" (I am an Agile practitioner for several years and hence my answers could not have been lame). It could not have got any more shallower than that for an interview for something as strategic as Product Manager.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What is the difference between Scrum Master and Product Owner?
I did 6 interviews & 4 case studies only to get rejected with a 1-line email saying it's not a good fit. In the final interview, the interviewer put me on the spot and made me do math problems, which is difficult in an interview-setting when someone's watching you. The whole process was just really uncomfortable and stressful. They gave no real feedback or reasoning for why I was rejected.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at eBay
Interview
first round was virtual.
one consultancy firm reached out to me for the job. 2 months later, a recruiter reached out to me and scheduled the interview. role was located in bangalore
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Describe an impactful problem you solved in your previous company
2. How will you increase AOV at amazon
3. You work at Zepto. You have lost a lot of customers in the past 6 weeks to Blinkit becuase blinkit is offerring very low prices. You are asked to not get into a price war with blinkit but win back the customers you lost. How would you go about this?
The process was rather lengthy, but overall pleasant. Had the following rounds:
- quick HR screening,
- hiring manager (mostly behavioural questions)
- 2 separate interviews with team mambers
- case study (home assignment)
- presentation of a case study.
Feedback was quite fast, people are highly professional and friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you manage dependencies and influence other teams pmroadmap? Tell me about your fail.
