Process
Overall experience was quite good for a pre-IPO company on a hiring spree in a competitive market.
Applied online and received a call within a few days. The recruiter provided a good overview of expectations for the role and also asked some actual management questions for vetting.
Things went quiet for a month after that, and I reached out to them again. I got an immediate response from the recruiter and was set up with a call with the Hiring Manager within a few days.
The call with the Hiring Manager went very well – honestly, one of the best interview experiences I've had. I was called in for an onsite the following week.
I thought the onsite went quite well as well. It consisted of an 8-member panel of directors, senior managers, senior engineers, and a recruiter. The questions were well-crafted, nothing out of the ordinary, and the interviewers took lots of notes!!
Slack is VERY focused on hiring people who keep things human and empathetic, which explains the high satisfaction ratings from employees. My take on the Engineering Manager role aligned nicely with their expectations.
I got a call from the recruiter two days later stating things went well and that feedback would be sent to the hiring committee. I had to wait two more days to hear back from the Hiring Committee, and an offer was made the following day.
Questions
How would you react to a production outage situation?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the Slack Engineering Manager role in United States.
Success Rate
Slack's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having good feelings for Slack's Engineering Manager interview process in United States.
Slack Work Experiences
- 1.0A culture pillaged by self interested sociopathsSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, CAOctober 21, 2025Pros: They give a lot of swag, work pace isn’t too hard, and mid-level people are generally nice.Cons: This company ruined my life and PIP’d me for taking time off to mourn. They took from me my passion for what I do and made me realize how quickly someone will throw you under a bus. Scheming managers. They did a soft layoff where they were forced to PIP a certain number of employees, and I had never had a performance conversation or a negative comment. The manager fabricated evidence for a PIP (including asking for advice, taking sick time when my dad died, and calling in a senior engineer during a high severity outage). I’ve personally spoken to multiple other engineers that had the exact same thing happen to them.
- 1.0Company cares more about DEI than actual qualitySenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSeptember 26, 2024Pros: If you don’t care, most employees and managers don’t care either. Since the merger, rest and vest is a way of life.Cons: If you are actually a qualified employee who values work ethic, steer clear. They promote DEI above everything else. If your colleague is part of that collect them all set, then their career is set even if their abilities are two levels below where their title says they should be. Females made up 25% of the engineering force, but 50% of promotions one year. If you were not DEI, they didn’t even consider you. Basically, if you are looking to work with the best and brightest people you ever will in your career… steer clear, and you will be sadly disappointed.
- 4.0AI-driven environment with lots of support and high output demandsSoftware Engineer II • Current EmployeeAtlanta, GASeptember 7, 2026Pros: Very AI forward and with plenty of AI efficiency trainingCons: Quite heightened output requirements in the age of AI
