Please note that all interviews (besides the final interview marathon) were via Skype or telephone. I was first contacted by a recruitment agency and told about a job opportunity that seemed to match my skillset. I spoke to one or two recruiters and a managing director before actually speaking to anyone from Social Point. My first interview with a Social Point employee was with their Talent Acquisition Director. She helped me through the entire hiring process and went out of her way to make sure I understood who I would be talking to and, more importantly, why I was speaking with them. My second Social Point interview was with the CTO. He asked me many questions to gauge my technical and soft skill proficiency. He also offered me the possibility to voice any questions or concerns I had about the job position. This part of the interview process was very enjoyable and we ended up going over the allotted interview time. My third SP interview was with a member of the product teams. We mostly talked about my project management experience and my management "ideology". The interview seemed informal but I suspect this was a tactic to evaluate my communication skills. My fourth SP interview was with the CTO and a Technical Director. I was informed who would be interviewing me ahead of time so I was able to get an idea of the experience and qualifications of the TD. This made me much more secure going into the interview. We, again, spoke about a variety of topics which gave them a rough idea of my skillset. This interview was a lot of fun but it also felt very professional. The questions were very well formulated and seemed to be more focused on my problem-solving abilities and mentality. My final interviews were onsite in Barcelona. I was flown in from Germany and given the opportunity to stay for a few days. I believe they wanted me to be able to experience how awesome BCN can be. There were a series of 1-hour interviews that started and ended with me speaking to the CTO. I had plenty of time to ask about the TD job role and responsibilities, and to learn about the organisational architecture of the tech departments. The most important part of these final interviews was that I was able to ask how people felt about the C-level executives and VPs. As with any large company there were, of course, pain points but there is a true respect for leadership at this company and I believe that is what made me accept the offer to work here. It was a very long, comprehensive, interview process but the respectful, communicative, nature of the SP employees involved made it enjoyable.

Clever, well organized, inspiring, the best interview process I have seen for a long time. They invite you to Barcelona to meet the meet, they challenge on how you will manage the team. All the people I met were friendly and very professional.