Started with a take home assignment that involves multiple choice questions about a custom programming that's progressively developed. Was a fun and interesting way to judge a candidates ability to learn new systems. After passing the test a recruiter reached out and scheduled a call a week out to discuss the role. An hour before he cancelled, took another few days to re-schedule the call another week out. Just a quick 20 minute call to discuss the role and next steps. I had an hour conversation with the Director of Sales Engineering that went really well -- discussed my interests and background, the companies history, and some mock sales exercises. Was told they'd like to move forward. When I hadn't heard from the recruiter for a couple of days I reached out and he immediately responded saying I'd move forward and do 3 one hour interviews and asked for times. I sent back times and then never heard back. I followed up once to see what was going on and got no response. Over three weeks later I get an email saying that they decided to go with another candidate. The experience was overall very frustrating dealing with a flaky recruiter and complete lack of transparency in the process. It's a shame because it seems like a cool company with good people -- just please get better recruiters.

Before speaking to a single human, I was required to complete three separate assessments (TET, PI, and PET) totaling nearly 2 hours, including a proctored webcam test. The recruiter email didn't even wait for my response before another recruiter sending the test links, showing a sign of things to come, and chaotic. I did the TET (the technical pass/fail test), then the recruiter sent me the remaining assessments. I completed all three assessments only to be rejected with no feedback, no explanation, and no human contact at any point in the process. The entire experience felt like being processed by a machine. Advice to candidates: Know what you're signing up for. If you apply, be prepared to invest significant time before anyone at the company actually looks at you as a person. If the recruiting process is this impersonal, consider what that signals about the culture inside. Advice to InterSystems: Candidates are evaluating you too. A little human communication goes a long way.