HelloFresh Director Engineering interview questions

HR reached out to schedule a screening call which went well. Got sent for a 2nd round interview. In what I'm sure is an attempt to remove bias, they don't allow the hiring manager to be part of the hiring process until the very end and I don't think they're part of the decision making. As a result, my 2nd round interview to evaluate leadership ability was given to another senior leader at the company. Having this part be an interchangeable person made it so this person didn't even know which interview I was on and they weren't able to give me a ton of insight into the actual position. Didn't love that. I felt this interview lacked structure and the interviewer asked somewhat random questions that were not prepared. Some were good, but some went down paths that weren't as relevant to the position. Overall, I still felt it went well and was wished "good luck on the rest of the process" which I thought was a good sign. Never heard another word from HelloFresh after that. HR didn't answer my email. Only found out I didn't get the job because the job posting disappeared.

The internal recruiting team has been quite proactive and responsive when it came to scheduling interviews and follow-ups. The interview itself was quite pleasant and there was plenty of time to ask questions. I didn't get an offer, but I got verbal feedback at the end of the process which is very much appreciated. While I respectfully disagree with some of the feedback, I understand that sometimes during an interview packed with a lot of back and forth it can happen that a remark may get misinterpreted. The most important part of the feedback was very relevant.