I was referred by an employee (after being referred once before and was never contacted). I interviewed at Thumbtack (San Francisco, CA) in July 2017. Phone Screen with the recruiter and take home analytics test. The phone screen is pretty standard -- talk about your interest in the company, the role, and relevant past work experience. The recruiter was a bit junior and wasn't able to provide much insights about the work product analysts do at Thumbtack. She also didn't provide much assistance during the take-home test and provided very general responses to my questions. The take home test is exciting; however, the analytics team doesn't provide any guidance about their expectations and depth of analysis they'd like to see. I was told the test takes 2-3 hours and provided back an analysis that sufficiently met this requirement. The team wanted to see more insights and analysis beyond just answering the questions and this expectation was not communicated. It's unclear as to what the team is looking for (the take home test is suited to someone who already knows Thumbtack's data and how they work). The feedback I received for my analysis was not helpful, the team mentioned the things they liked about my responses and what they didn't like... but there's no feedback to help a candidate improve or know the type of analysis and responses they were looking for.

First round interview with HR. Asked about background and resume and also a stats questions. One week later I received onsite interview requests. Onsite interviews including analytics exercise, SQL, case and hiring manager chat.