I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at InComm (Atlanta, GA) in May 2018
Interview
I underwent a basic phone screen with the recruiter, who had reached out to me on LinkedIn. She told me they like to move quickly through the recruiting process, so scheduled a 1.5 hour in-person interview at their office near Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta.
During the in-person interview, I met mainly with the Sr. Director of Account Management, but also a Global Product Manager and the VP Digital Content. The format was odd, as I was shepherded around the office to several different rooms and asked to review my resume and qualifications. In general, I wasn't asked many interview-style grilling questions, but it was more of a discussion of how my past experiences fit in with InComm's business model.
After a few days, I was asked to come in for a second in-person interview to present a 10-15 minute sales presentation. Before giving the presentation, I met with two other individuals who had previously worked in the role I was interviewing for, but it wasn't clearly presented to me whether this was for their benefit or mine. The sales presentation went well and I was asked a few follow-up questions.
I received a call two days later indicating they were ready to move forward with an offer. It wasn't immediately clear to me that this was the stage for negotiation, but I did restate my desired salary. The offer was presented and nearly met my demands, but not entirely as base salary, since it included a 10% quarterly bonus.
Because of the lack of structure/clarity of the interview process, I felt very apprehensive about leaving my current employer to accept the offer. I attempted to gain greater clarity by asking if I could speak with a current Partner Account Manager, but was given the run-around and told none were available to speak with me. I was asked to submit my questions in writing, which I did, but the only response I got was a call from the recruiter attempting rather inadequately to answer some of the questions and dissuade my concerns.
I ended up going with my gut feeling that this was not the right fit for me and declined what was rather an attractive offer, at least in terms of salary.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
After how many unreturned email attempts do you pick up the phone or walk over to a colleague to seek an answer?