Recently went through what turned out to be a fairly extensive hiring process with Walmart Global Tech. It started with an HR prescreen call, followed by a HackerRank technical interview with a Principal Engineer, and then I was flown to Bentonville for a full day in-person final round consisting of three separate sessions — coding on whiteboard, system design, and behavioral.
At the end of the in-person interview I was told that none of the three interviewers were the actual hiring manager. Instead my scores and evaluation have been uploaded to a talent pool system where multiple hiring managers can review my profile and reach out for intro calls if interested. I was told to expect contact within a week or two.
Has anyone at Walmart Global Tech been through this process — either as a candidate or as a hiring manager?
Specifically curious about:
- How active is the talent pool — do hiring managers actually pull from it regularly?
- What's a realistic timeline from talent pool entry to intro call?
- Does being in the talent pool prevent me from applying to specific reqs on the Walmart career site?
- Any general insight into how this process works internally?