I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Klaviyo (Boston, MA) in Jan 2020
Interview
I had a friend refer me and was contacted by the recruiter. I then had a phone call with the recruiter, then I had a phone call with the hiring manager. I then came in person and spoke to a few different people, but one person was unavailable so I ended up having extra time with the hiring manager. You do a brief case study that was pretty straightforward. Everyone was very nice and the questions were pretty simple, it seems like they just wanted to see who was the best fit based on experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you organize your outreach to x amount of customers?
Applied online, received email to schedule a screening call a few weeks later. A day or so after the screening call received email to schedule interview with the hiring manager. She was great, very professional, asked relevant questions. About a week later was notified that I didn’t make it to the next round.
Communication throughout the process was great, they have an online portal to track application status, and on the whole I felt like their process was much less dehumanizing than I’ve come to expect from tech companies.
I have no clue what the process is because their recruiters refuse to offer me even a simple screening. I'm a 17-year SaaS veteran with 9 years in customer success, and my experience is very well aligned with their roles—yet I receive an instant rejection (likely from their applicant tracking system).
While watching women continually land roles here and at other organizations all over LinkedIn, I'm convinced that Klaviyo is practicing discriminatory hiring practices based on age and gender. Everyone is beginning to understand that "DEI" often means fewer men and more women. It's just a matter of time before the ship rights itself and companies start focusing on productivity and employee retention again.
I applied online. I interviewed at Klaviyo (Sydney)
Interview
The interview process at Klaviyo was straightforward. I did only an initial recruiter screening and a conversation with the hiring manager. Both discussions were professional and gave a basic overview of the role and expectations.