The worst and most ridiculous interview process (if you can even call it that) that one will ever see. I am usually not compelled to write a review, but I truly believe that people should be aware of the wasted time and effort here.
I will lay out the process for you:
1) I sent a Vidyard video to Queenie Ma, who was the HR hiring manager in Hong Kong for APAC (as I found out through another employee at UiPath that she would be the point of entry for the role)
2) Queenie sent me an exam and mentioned that if I get good results I could proceed to the next stage of the interview process. This exam was beyond ridiculous to test sales abilities for an inside sales development role.
For example, some of the questions were involving simultaneous equations, number theory and set theory. There were 15 questions to be answered in 45 minutes, so there were approximately 3 minutes per question to break down these complex math problems. I managed to get a good result on the exam so "passed" and went through to the next stage.
3) The next stage was a phone call with Queenie, who was the HR manager in Hong Kong. It was a 15 or so minute phone call and she mentioned that “it went well” and would be in touch with me early the next week to go from there.
4) I never heard back and it is now two months later.
This whole process left a pretty bad taste in my mouth
I was already doing the UiPath BA course prior to applying for this job and was looking at investing in the company (when it IPO’s), but the sheer ridiculousness of the mensa style exam for mathematical geniuses (for a sales role) has left me opposed to having anything to do with the company. This, combined with the HR manager not doing what she said she would, made the process a complete waste of time.
My recommendation to the company would be to ask questions that actually apply to the roles that you are hiring for. This exam wasn’t even a psychometric exam and there was no real information regarding what the exam entailed, prior to sitting it, so you went in completely blind.
Here are some suggestions of questions that the company could be asking when hiring for a inside sales role:
How are you going to do your outbound? Break down the technology stack you will use and where most of your qualified opportunities will come from.
How will you target different industries and what could some differences look like in terms of your type of outreach across different industries? I.e phone, email, LinkedIn, Twitter, Outreach.io, Email Hunter
Examples of who the point of entry might be into accounts across different industries? Give the interviewee some examples and ask them to answer.
What questions would you ask to qualify leads?
What is our point of differentiation to our competitors?
The list could go on, but the above is a few as a starting point.
Note for UiPath - Please in the future, just make the questions relevant to YOUR COMPANY and to the ACTUAL ROLE, rather than needing a 4 year mathematics degree for a sales role. I would also be making sure that managers are at least getting back to interviewees/candidates as this is downright unprofessional.
To current/future interviewee or candidates. Be warned. If you get sent this exam for a sales role, I would be asking why or how it is relevant and also be warned that they may not get back to you when they say they will.