Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Toptal as 25% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.75 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for UI & UX Designer and Front End Developer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Product Manager and Frontend Developer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Toptal takes an average of 40 days when considering 4 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for UI & UX Designer had the quickest hiring process (on average 30 days), whereas Product Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 49 days).
I was well-prepared and excited for my first interview, knowing I'm a strong candidate for the role. HR person was taking over for another person who was out sick. Very disappointing experience. It felt like they were going through the motions of asking questions, and my interview was just a list of things they needed to complete. From start to finish it was apparent they weren't interested, so getting the follow up email of "thanks but no thanks" was not a surprise.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic questions around experience and skills and a few about the company.
I applied online. I interviewed at Toptal in Jan 2021
Interview
The concept is good but execution a joke. The screening test may work well for some technical roles, but management roles are much more difficult to screen this way. The 25 minute test was super simplistic in most ways. Other dimensions of the test were vague and could be interpreted multiple ways. Sorry I wasted my time with this experience.
The interviewer did not come up. I had waited for 20 mins. I had already joined 5mins earlier. I could not get a response for my follow-up e-mail. It was not very good experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer did not come up. I had waited for 20 mins. I had already joined 5mins earlier. I could not get a response for my follow-up e-mail. It was not very good experience.