Process
The only reason I rated this as a negative experience was due to the lack of communication with the recruiter. I understand people get busy, but isn't the job of a recruiter to reply and interact with potential candidates?
I went through the first interview screening where the recruiter showed up 7 minutes late to a 30-minute phone call. Overall, the recruiter was easy to talk to and the call was pleasant. We discussed two different roles and which one I would be applying for.
After the call, I received the auto-response that I would be moving forward to the next round and to submit my availability. I filled out my availability that same day and emailed the recruiter asking which role I would be moving forward interviewing for. A week went by and there was no response from the recruiter, nor was time scheduled for the next interview.
Finally, I received a reply from the recruiter more than a week later which was no more than "Sorry for the delay" and an interview scheduled for the next day. I would have appreciated a little more heads-up than the day before, and I still didn't know what position I was interviewing for because the recruiter didn't answer my question.
Questions
Typical questions include: Tell me about your background. Why are you interested in Toast? What's your experience with XYZ technologies?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Toast QA Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
Toast's interview process for their QA Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Toast's QA Engineer interview process in United States.
Toast Work Experiences
- 4.0Intense But Helpful ColleaguesQA Engineer • Former EmployeeFebruary 2, 2016Pros: A great place to work. It's very intensive, but the people working there are super nice. Whenever I came across any problems, I could just ask people sitting around, and they were always willing to help me.Cons: Don't really have any cons.
- 3.0Decent, but would avoidQA Engineer • Current EmployeeDublin, Dublin, IrelandFebruary 17, 2024Pros: Remote work is available, and direct managers are very flexible about times/days in office. Everyone I worked with are lovely people, both professionally and personally. Good central location. Some opportunities to learn new tech like automation (there is a con about this).Cons: There is no test environment. There is a pre-production environment that is basically a dumping ground for each team, so it can be hard to actually test anything. There is a massive risk with this approach due to releases, so it’s not guaranteed what you tested is actually what goes out live. There has been a culture of blame from senior management if something goes wrong. I have heard of colleagues almost being fired due to bugs in production. In learning automation, you have to use their framework, which is grand, but the two main people who look after that repo have just been laid off, so there is no support available. The work itself isn’t that interesting; nothing really unique about it. With the latest round of layoffs, the management haven’t been 100% transparent. All last year, there were questions at every big town hall meeting asking if there would be any layoffs, and each time we were told no. When they announced the layoffs, they said this decision was debated for a long while since last year, so it doesn’t appear the management team was telling the whole truth. There doesn’t appear to be any career paths to move to other areas, not in the Dublin office anyway.
- 4.0Good For Freshers, Then LayoffsQA Engineer • Former EmployeeChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaMarch 18, 2024Pros: Good for freshers. Hybrid model.Cons: Layoffs due to senior leadership changes
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