I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Hawthorne Gardening Company in Jan 2020
Interview
January 13th 2020
Interview 1- phone screen with recruiter
March 10th 2020
Interview 2- Virtual call ( moved to virtual call from on-site due to Covid). Call was set into 6 blows last with 1-3 people in each call.
After the first call, I realized the position was over my expertise level based on very very technical electrical design question not related to interview, so I emailed HR withdrawing my candidacy.
March 17th
HR reaches out by email and calls to ask me to reconsider the role, and asks me to have another call with the hiring manager
March 24
Interview #3 - hiring manager and another employee reach out to apologize for previous interview and interview again
April 202O
Interview #4- interview with direct supervisor
May 19 2020
Interview #5 - interview with a sales person in the same business unit.
June 5th- HR reaches out to inform me that position will be reopened to assess people out of work due to COVID. But assured me I am still in the running and a top candidate.
July 202- bring manager reaches out a says COVID delaying offers and HR.
August 2020, I accept position with another company. And email Hr to inform with no reply.
Overall I would not recommend unless you like being strung along and dealing with a 5 month interview process only to be ghosted for a better candidate. Which is fine, but I withdrew my application because so felt the role wasn’t suited to me and they reached out and asked me to reconsider !
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lots of different question depending on the person . Mostly technical questions/ basic leadership tell me about a time …
I applied online. I interviewed at Hawthorne Gardening Company in Sept 2021
Interview
Had a final interview with the hiring manager and never heard back in regards to my candidacy.
The hiring process was long and they went unresponsive when prompted for feedback or information regarding my candidacy (ghosted).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you willing to travel frequently for this role
I applied online. I interviewed at Hawthorne Gardening Company (Dublin, CA) in May 2021
Interview
All of their job postings say the position is in Livermore CA so they schedule a bunch of online interviews only for me to find out “oh BYW we’re moving to Tracy”. Why would they not mention that in their job posting??! What a waste of time!