After applying for the job, I was contacted by a recruiter with a calendar link. I filled out my availability and didn't hear back. I pinged the recruiter a couple of times over two weeks and never got a response, so I finally contacted someone from Slack's website. They referred me straight back to the recruiter. Literally the exact same thing happened again--I gave my availability and the recruiter ghosted. It was incredibly frustrating to have my time and effort devalued like that.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Slack in Mar 2017
Interview
Started with a take home with one week to finish, Implement memcached 's get, set, delete,gets and cas functionality. After submitting the take home, I got a standard template from the recruiter saying that the code does not meet the standards. No feedback was given after you invest your time in it. Not worth interviewing if you are not given feedback. If they were so concerned, they could send an NDA.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Slack in Jan 2017
Interview
First I had a phone screen with a recruiter. The recruiter was pleasant and answered all of my questions regarding the internship. Then the recruiter asked me to complete a research exercise within the next 3 business days. The exercise consisted of creating a 3-week research program that would address a future challenge to Slack's mission. I completed the assignment within the time allotted. I was told that the recruiter would contact me after the research team had time (a week) to review the exercise. The recruiter, unfortunately, never contacted me back or provided me with any feedback about my proposal.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
During the phone screen I was asked about my research background, current projects and the ways in which my skills/expertise relate to the work being conducted at Slack.