Tech IndustryJul 27, 2018
Newmonkeying

Pinterest interview: poor candidate experience

After phone screen and a positive acknowledgment the recruiter stopped replying to my email. After requesting my friend who works at Pinterest to check. The recruiter send an on-site invitation. This was after a month of phone screen. The interview was scheduled from 10 to 1:30. I live in South Bay. Left home At 8. Reached by 9:45. Got to know they scheduled 4 interviews back to back without a break. One of the interview asks me a question I solve in first 10 minutes. He is surprised and so looks for another question for next 10 minuets. The last interviewer is angry as if he has he been forced to interview. He is pissed right from the beginning. It’s 1 pm. I am hungry. All I ate was a breakfast at 7 when before I left home. The lunch interviewer just keeps asking questions. Does not let me eat. And when I answer he looks down starts eating. Makes no eye contact. I thought my technical interview went well. But I was really upset and hungry. That I got in to slight argument during lunch. Very poor candidates experience. It’s almost a week since I interview have not heard anything back. I also wrote a follow up email. Not sure what are they up to.

Amazon Insomzonia Jul 27, 2018

Tag Pinterest in the OP if you can

TrueCar expbackoff Jul 27, 2018

Typically I get a bang (300 caffeine) before the interview. Sips of water to keep the throat clear. You don't feel shit. I hope it gets figured out for you.

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BUWs74 Jul 27, 2018

Not looking good. Move on

LinkedIn 😞hj Jul 27, 2018

Hm so your recruiter didn’t send out an agenda in advance?

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monkeying OP Jul 27, 2018

Nope

Pinterest FoleyShot Jul 27, 2018

This is not good, and I'm sorry that you had such a bad experience. Please DM me.

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Mojoman Jul 27, 2018

Did they at least provide you with lunch? I usually email the recruiter ahead of time to ask whether or not lunch will be provided, and if not to let me know so that I could bring my own packed lunch.

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monkeying OP Jul 27, 2018

They specifically mentioned lunch is on us.

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Mojoman Jul 27, 2018

Mentioning is one thing. But did they end up giving you lunch?

Pinterest PfU7s Jul 27, 2018

Please DM me your recruiter name. This should not happen.

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monkeying OP Jul 27, 2018

Blind is not allowing me to send dms. Working on getting the verification done. Will dm u

CBS Interactive Calnadian Jul 27, 2018

Being hangry in an interview never has good outcomes. At the very least, they should have scheduled 30min for a casual talk/lunch instead

Pinterest PfU7s Jul 27, 2018

Yes, they should have

Pinterest Jnhufvb Jul 27, 2018

I interview a lot of people. We always let our candidates eat lunch during a casual conversation. Please DM name of the recruiter and one of us will follow up.

Pinterest tvRQ35 Jul 27, 2018

Wtf! This sucks .. The lunch interviewer should have at least let you eat! As it doesn’t have much weightage in the hiring decision anyways.

Pinterest Jnhufvb Jul 27, 2018

It has 0 weight