I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Omnidrone (Barcelona) in Jan 2022
Interview
The interview was kind of impersonal and meh. I had the overall feel that I was wasting my time. In fact they were not really looking for a remote role but someone on location. They won't say it openly and honestly and it's strange that they're willing to waste their time and mine as well.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Omnidrone in Sep 2021
Interview
Four round of interviews:
#1 Recruiter
#2 Tech art director
#3 Art manager
#4 Lead Pipeline Engineer
I was reached out on Linked in by the recruiter. I was interested in looking in this opportunity but first I decided to have a look to the job description.
That because I have always worked in the console/PC AAA sector and I have not experience in mobile development.
That is where I noticed that I didn't match three key points of the job description: mobile experience, Unity professional experience and C# professional experience. I didn't want to spoil anyone's time, so I asked from the very beginning whether it was the case to continue the process. I have been told that for the role they have in mind was different than the job description (more DCC oriented) and those requirements didn't apply.
I also recognized that my current line of work was very close to what they were after. For this reason we mutually agreed to continue the process.
I got trough all the four rounds. I met very competent and nice people, the interview process was as easy as a talk among professional who share experiences and pointers on professional technical cases.
Although I didn't hear anything for a couple of weeks after the last interview.
After I pinged the recruiter twice (with no answer) for knowing what was the state of the application, I finally been reached out by another recruiter (who I emailed myself). She/he told me that the main recruiter was on holiday (what about a out of office auto reply?!) and he would have followed up soon.
After some hours I received an email that stated that: "because my lack of experience with mobile and Unity dev they decided to drop my candidacy."
Conclusions:
I felt like a dodge a bullet.
Beside the four hours of my life that I spent on this application (and I will never get back) I wonder how the company and the production is handled.
Either they were making up a lame excuse to drop me gently (quite bad hiring practice, if you ask me) or they didn't know what they need and they spent 20 man/hours time interviewing a person who pointed out them from the very beginning the deal breaker for the application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Just a talk among professional about technical topics
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Omnidrone in Jan 2021
Interview
Over a month of rescheduling to get two meetings, an introductory one, and a meeting with company leads. No technical questions popped during the interview. Never get the actual technical meeting, as the company decided they need somebody who could start working without an onboarding process, despite not testing my skills at all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No technical questions popped during the interview.