I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at OpenTable (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
I applied on their site and a recruiter responded a few weeks later to set up an initial phone call. This recruiter ended up rescheduling our phone call 4 times and delayed the process about 3 weeks. Multiple times because she said she wasn’t feeling well and then another time because she was running late from an appointment. Also she was communicating with me through text message which I thought was very strange. After we finally were able to connect for the phone screening, she said she’d start scheduling round one interviews within the next few days. However, 2 days later I got a templated email that this position had been filled. I was extremely disappointed in the entire process and don’t think I’d want to apply again in the future.
I just had a call with them for a recruiting screen and the position had already been filled by the time that I heard back from them, so I did not move forward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and walk me through your experience
Recruiter screen to just get to know the role
HM screen to ask questions about the role and introduce yourself
product deep dive with senior PMs about a product you’ve worked on
Round robin with designers, engineers, product again
Possible second HM call if more time is needed
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a product or feature you’?3 launched recently
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at OpenTable (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2021
Interview
Process was very straightforward and everyone from the team was very communicative. It seemed like everyone enjoyed working at the company and were happy to fresh ideas from candidates.
1. Call with recruiter
2. Video interview with hiring manager
3. Take home assignment + 45 minute presentation of case to a panel of 5-6 people
4. 1:1s with 5 stakeholders (design, product, engineering and some other team members)
Lots of behavioral questions, some product cases, technical questions, and strategy questions. Some trick questions.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What is the difference between product strategy and company strategy? How are they related?