Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en SimplePractice (Los Angeles, CA) en may 2021
Entrevista
The interview process was very lengthy and took a very large amount of time to prepare for. I was initially outreached by phone by a recruiter after applying for a sales position.
All in all I believe I had to take time out of my workday for 10 separate interviews. Many of the people I was interviewing with had only worked for the company for 3 months or fewer, which I took to be a red flag. Some of the interviewers in the panel interviews seemed uninterested in speaking with me or distracted by things going on in their homes (these were all over zoom) which gave me a somewhat negative impression of the company. Personally, I feel that if a company is not interested in moving a candidate forward in the hiring process they should not schedule 8+ interviews that take up both their team's time and their candidates time.
SimplePractice requires candidates to read a 145+ page slide deck of 'cultural values' prior to beginning their candidate interviews. This deck is worshipfully modeled after the workplace structures of a well-known media group which is well known to be a toxic and overly stressful work environment. Suffice it to say, they embrace a 'performance only' work culture meaning that if you do not 'perform' you will be fired (and they repeat the threat of termination several times within this deck). They do not define what 'good' performance is, meaning that employees will be in constant uncertainty regarding their job duties and work status. They also emphasize the use of "radical candor" in the workplace, meaning that essentially someone can say (bluntly) whatever they want to you (i.e. 'you were terrible in that meeting') and that, "no matter what anyone says to you, you are not to take it personally because this is how we operate and it's just business." This leads me to believe that this so-called "radical candor" could be potentially misused in the workplace, if they feel the need to justify its use to would-be employees.
Based on the culture deck they do not seem to invest in employee development, expect employees to 'fit' their desired culture perfectly, and would not give a straight answer about work-life balance or the overall cohesiveness/outlook of their products and business plan.
After 10 contacts/interviews with this company I did not receive any outreach from the recruiter being told I would not be moving forward, which I found unprofessional.
Preguntas de entrevista [3]
Pregunta 1
"Tell me about a time that you had to meet a tough deadline - what did you do to meet it"
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en SimplePractice
Entrevista
- Recruiter screen (passed)
- Once you pass the recruiter screen, they give you a competency exam with some odd questions that have nothing to do with the role (think pattern detection, etc.) (passed)
- I received an email from the recruiter that they are moving me to the hiring manager interview, please share your availability.
- then, GHOSTED
- follow up emails, no response.
Look, I get that you're busy and moving on. But it takes ~60 seconds to let a candidate know that you ended up hiring someone else. Treat people with dignity.
Me postulé a través de una recomendación de un empleado. El proceso tomó 2 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en SimplePractice en may 2025
Entrevista
I had a connection refer me to a role, then a really positive interview with HR. I interviewed with the hiring manger and it went not so well. I was qualified for the role, I had good responses for their questions, I brought challenging questions for my side and yet they was overly negative the entire time. I tried to bring a positive energy, but I was met with pessimism about my qualifications.
They ghosted me after.
Sometimes people have a bad day and it holds true for the interviewer as well as the interviewee, but don't stack a negative experience without response.
I would not suggest working in the product organization at this company.
Terrible interview format and questions that don't get proper understanding of product sense. Questions were broad and did not focus on product skills but rather questions that could go one way or another, depending on the responsibilities handled by other stakeholders.