Product Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Toptal with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 38.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Designer roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Toptal overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Toptal as a Product Designer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 30%
One on one interview: 30%
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 10%
Drug test: 5%
Background check: 5%
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Here's an outline of the typical Toptal interview process:
1. Initial screening - Submit application on the website and the recruiter will reach out to you for a screening call.
2. In-Depth Skill Review - Portfolio Review
3. Talk-home challenge
4. Final Interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk us through the design process on your take-home challenge
They have a few interviews: an introduction interview to get to know you, another one for sending your portfolio deck, another one is longer, and you talk about 2-3 projects on your portfolio and answer questions, and then take home assignment
I applied online. I interviewed at Toptal in Sep 2023
Interview
Great process, very straightforward. I've enjoyed the design assessment challenge and questions during the interview were aligned with the expectation. The last step, cultural fit interview is an interesting concept.