Q&A With Swirl.net Employees

Interview questions are not standardized. They will chance based upon the role and the person that's doing the interview.

The interview process can be a little bit slow, but it's thorough. You'll meet with at least 5 people in different areas, and will have a mix of conversational and "deep dive" interviews .

Digital strategy and data-driven product design and development are the area that have grown the most rapidly. The print and TV advertising areas have slowed down a bit more, which goes hand in hand with Swirl's efforts to cater to the increasing digital demand.

One of Swirl's buildings, the Creative Lab, is an open space concept that works well in some ways but there are circumstances where it gets to be too much. A balance between open and sectioned would be NICE.

The CEOs are very well regarded. They're very open, creative, passionate, altruistic, compassionate, and driven people that always strive to create a great environment that promotes and celebrates good work.

Being in the digital client services/product development market, there's several roles that tend to require more than the usual 9-5 job would—it's just the demanding nature of the market in a way. However, if working late nights become a habitual part of an employee's life, it's considered a red flag, and there's processes in place to surface those situations and distribute the work appropriately.

Swirl does work with some people remotely, but in-person collaboration is encouraged given that it lends itself to better social ergonomics within teams.

Promotions come naturally at Swirl because there are constant feedback loops between most managers and their direct reports. Growth paths, learning, and sharing knowledge is encouraged, so normally a person is promoted when they've basically grown into the job. It all feels very seamless.

Vacation days are acrued on a monthly basis, and there's a way to "borrow" days if you've used more days than you've acrued or have simply not acrued enough yet.