I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Twilio (San Diego, CA) in Nov 2021
Interview
1. Phone Screening
Veeeery Common recruiter interview (Don't Feel special if you pass this filter, sometimes they dont know what they are looking for, recruiter told me I was a good match, I didnt think so but still applied (my bad?)
Benefits
Salary Range (They dont share the salary for the position, if you don't reply this they will kick you from the process)
Job Description
Questions about your CV and thats it
2. Take Home Test (Tech) (You can Google the questions and Answers) (They send the same questions to everyone meaning you are just another Candidate in the process)
3. Hiring Manager (Manager of the department you are going)
Micromanagement questions just to check you are going to behave "Correctly" in the company and you have tech skills, they ask if you know about certain Protocols (Try to memorize everything, I guess their TSEs don't use KBs or Docs during the work) or Programming lenguages (Even for a position that is not to delevop)
4. Group Interview
-TSE (They just barely know how to interview someone, they just read questions on screen and talk robotically be prepared!)
- Another TSE (Again reading questions on screen related to the Tech you applied to. Again! Try to memorize things because they believe someone that memorizes everything is a TOP candidate)
-Manager or Hiring manager (depends on the position or dept) (Again! They are going to check if you are a good kid and again why are you looking for a job (Besides the money, don't mention the money)
-Someone from Higher Level (Tech Interview, did I mention you need to memorize everything related to the Tech you applied? Is a Huge plus if you are a living Google)
-BAR Raiser (Waste of time, Parental Control questions and Twilio "Magic" BS reinforcements... Funny part is their own employees don't apply their values, Mentioned by a Friend that works there)
5. Email or Call from the Recruiter that feedback was good and they are going to take a decision ASAP
6. One week later, flowers to you but they are not going to continue (I didn't receive any feedback so I ask someone internally (Close Friend) told me they selected an internal candidate, guess this was not the right time to apply, this could happen to you, you are good fit for the position but they could select someone internal, probably they are collecting data from another companies or they just like to waste productivity time opening positions they can cover from inside, who knows?)
Notes:
This entire process took 8 HOURS from the beginning.
Don't trust if they are friendly during the interviews, they can tell you are the indicated but probably you are not. Keep applying to other Jobs
Be prepared, They can ghost you from the Phone Screening stage as recruiters have QUOTAS they need to achieve.
Call Center environment (Not mentioned by me)
Twilio is a Joke with all due respect, if you read the company feedback and interviews this happens around the Globe.
If you have a Job, my suggestion is to stay away from this company Twilio. Only use them as an option if you are looking desperatelly for a Job.
If you are lucky they will not mess around with you.
Good Luck!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioural and Technical questions (You need to memorize technologies if you want to pass)
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Twilio (New York, NY) in Oct 2021
Interview
After my initial application I was contacted by a Talent Partner who asked some preliminary questions and stated they were going to recommend that I move forward in the process.
The next step was to complete a "take-home" assessment where I gave responses to real support questions.
Passing that step lead to what I like to call the interview gauntlet.
The interview process was comprised of numerous zoom calls with various members related to the role I would be fulfilling as well as a bar raiser.
The original Talent Partner who made first contact with me kept me well informed for the interview process including potential interview topics and what the real purpose for each interview was.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Twilio
Interview
HR Phone Screen, Talk with Manager, Technical Take-home, 4 Panel interviews. I don't agree wit this order, just send the Take-home assessment first so you don't waste peoples time. People friendly, timely, but ask bland basic interview questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Take-assessment was a joke, all you had to do was read their support articles