I was very disappointed with my experience interviewing at Headspace. Both times I spoke to the recruiter she was more than 10 minutes late and blamed it on being in a meeting. This seems to be a theme with every tech company. It’s is completely unprofessional and makes for a poor candidate experience. To be fair, she did call me to deliver the rejection over the phone rather than a simple email. I read negative reviews online so was a bit apprehensive about the company culture despite being a huge fan of the product. I heard that they lacked diversity and had a “cultish” attitude, which turned out to be true. I interviewed with 4 women, who came off as negative, petty, exclusive, and unprofessional. One told me they were “very protective of who they let join the team.” When I asked one of them why the director of her team was no longer at the company after having worked at Headspace such a short time, she proceeded to berate her former boss, saying that she was a bad person and highlighting her character flaws with surprising details. I thought this was wildly unprofessional. Even if I had been offered the role, I would’ve said no based on the attitude of the interviewers and my perception of their team culture.

Initial screening - then was ghosted completely despite emailing for an update - really negative experience of a so called mental health company. At least have the courtesy to let people know if you are not moving forward with them .