I communicated with two different recruiters, both of whom were very friendly and willing to answer my questions. There was an initial phone screening and then a day of interviewing at the office in Cambridge. The work environment was very casual and probably as a result of this my interview day was rather disorganized. One of the people who I was supposed to meet with decided not to come in until noon and so I met with the other 4 people in a different order and did not speak to the 5th at all.
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The third person I met with asked me to tell him things I had learned about the company. Not a particularly hard question, but it kind of caught me off guard. Luckily I had taken some notes during the previous meetings.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HubSpot (Cambridge, MA) in Nov 2016
Interview
I applied online and was contacted by a recruiter via e-mail. She sent along information about a video interview, although after some confusion I actually never ended up completing it and moving forward anyway. The recruiter and I had an informal phone conversation, after which she put me forward to a second round. I had to prepare three technical tasks before the second round, which consisted of two half-hour Google hangout sessions. One of the hangout sessions consisted of a screen-share where I explained how I completed the tasks. I heard back a few days later that I was invited to a third round of in-person interviews at the Cambridge office. When I came into the office, I spoke to three different support managers for a half-hour each and was given a tour of the office. My interview was on a Friday and they got back to me with an offer by the following Wednesday!
So glad you had a positive experience and that your interview process with us was efficient! Your thorough overview of our process will certainly be helpful to others, so thanks so much for the review. So glad you are joining us! ~Becky
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at HubSpot (Portsmouth, NH) in Sep 2016
Interview
I applied online and was contacted by email to complete a short video interview. After a few days, I was contacted by a recruiter to have my first phone interview. Then, I was contacted to schedule my two google hang out interviews. One interview was a very casual conversation and the other was to see my technical skills with the software. Lastly, I was contacted to come up to Portsmouth for my final interview. This consisted of 3- 30 minutes interviews. Overall, even though the interview process was long, I never felt lost along the way. The recruiters did a fantastic job at staying in contact and keeping me in the loop. In the end, I declined the offer because it would have involved me moving from Maryland. HubSpot is an awesome company! This was not an easy decision to make and I would most definitely pursue them in the future if the timing is right for a move.
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Tell us about a time when you had to deal with a difficult customer and how did you handle it.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at HubSpot (Portsmouth, NH)
Interview
A few rounds of interviews with direct managers for the role as well as other mangers and a skills test. Really engaging questions, not the typical one in interviews. I think the unique questions ultimately gave me the opportunity to present a much more dynamic version of myself than other interviews. Everyone I spoke with had clearly already read my resume and had specific questions. The skills test was really helpful to get a feel for the technology and then having to explain the process really helped frame what the job would entail. Absolutely fantastic environment and people, really interesting conversations, amazing opportunity.
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Go back to a previous position. What would you tell yourself in that role that you know now?
Welcome to HubSpot and to our fantastic team in Portsmouth--you'll find our team up there as smart as they are fun, and I hope your employee experience mirrors your experience as a candidate. Holly is doing an amazing job bringing in and working with candidates like you to help our team grow up there, so welcome to the team, thank you for the review, and I look forward to meeting you! -Katie