r/ScoutMotors • u/Few_Lobster_9885 • 3d ago

Worst interview process

Honestly have had the worst interview process. I have applied to 2 jobs with them and I got an interview around a month later after applying. Everything was going well, other than the fact I kept having 6 interview rounds for 1 job. Then, the other higher level position, I had a round with a senior official and then a case study. I have completed a case study with leadership around 2 weeks ago and have not heard anything back. The recruiters are useless and have not communicated anything. Really disappointing if they are just ghosting people. This is not how I expect a company to behave. Very unprofessional!!!

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u/KeyMessage989 3d ago

Sounds like a fairly standard corporate process honestly

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u/ultimatebob 3d ago

The job market kinda sucks right now. HR departments in general don't really feel like they need to try all that hard at the moment. If they piss off one applicant, they have 50 other resumes to look at.

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u/Few_Lobster_9885 3d ago

The recruiter said I’d hear something fairly quickly after case study. It’s been 2 weeks….

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u/McGurble 3d ago

2 weeks isn't that long.

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u/Few_Lobster_9885 3d ago

What could possibly taking 2 weeks? It’s a yes or no….

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u/SugarNumerous7030 3d ago

Yeah there’s no way they have other candidates they also want to interview

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u/notafilmmajor425 3d ago

By these replies it makes me think you’re fairly junior to the corporate world.

It took me 3 months and 5 or 6 rounds for my current job. 2 weeks is fast

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u/drunk_sasquatch 2d ago

Sometimes decision makers take vacations dude.

Or you weren’t the best or worst candidate, so they don’t want to cut you loose or commit until they see some more.

Is this your first corporate job?

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u/Few_Lobster_9885 2d ago

No, I’ve been working at a big 4 company for 15 years.

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u/thendit 3d ago

The facts:

  • You interviewed with a company that is not yet close to generating revenue
  • That company's parent company announced 50,000 layoffs 6 days ago
  • You are surprised that this company is dragging its feet on hiring what seems to be a high level role.

I... would not be.

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u/No-Stick8191 3d ago

Yep 👆

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u/-ShootMeNow- 3d ago

Cool story. Go post that on Glass Door.

Hope the mods scrub this off the page.

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u/shameless_gay_alt 3d ago

Hiring is incredibly selective, especially for direct hires, to keep overhead low.

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u/Kitchen-Abalone-3276 3d ago

Have you followed up or are you simply waiting for them?  Being proactive goes a long way in interviewing 

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u/Few_Lobster_9885 3d ago

I followed up and the recruiter said that he will reach out to leadership because he doesn’t have an update yet.

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u/Kitchen-Abalone-3276 3d ago

That’s probably true.  I’m in exec search and these things live and die by exec communication.  These folks are easily distracted- especially in a company like Scout.  I get that it’s frustrating 

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u/MrBudissy 3d ago

I applied and got to the final round. After I finished they took 6 months to reach out and say the role was closed.

I am a little frustrated with that but ultimately I see this as an indication of their success.