At which agencies have you had the worst interview experiences? Why?

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My worst was at WK because I wanted it so badly I went completely insane. So that was my bad. The other would be Mullen where my potential boss left the room mid interview to yell at her credit card company...

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Translation! The person interviewing me couldn’t think of any work they were most proud of. Additionally, the HR rep was 10 minutes late. Interviews are just about the company as they are about you!

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Vayner. Was there for an hour. One guy didn't show up and the other talked about himself the entire time (super coked up) and only asked me one question and wouldn't let me talk. Complete waste of time.

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This place in Denver where the guy asked me what sign I was

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Grey. Woman got up 3/4 way through to congratulate another candidate on getting the job....that I was interviewing for....

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Vayner. So disorganized, all they kept saying was how they had no egos but were the best and had the best approach (!) no one could explain the role, the HR guy never came to meet me, never followed up, never emailed me back, for all I know he quit. Within 5 mins of getting there I knew it wasn't the place for me. At least I dodged a serious bullet!

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Wasn't advertising, it was logistics but the guy interviewing me was chewing tabacco and spit so onto my arm!!!!! 😨😥

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@digitalstrategist I interned at translation many many years ago and it was the worst place I ever worked. I resigned after a month and I was an INTERN.

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Johannes Leonardo - they hadn't seen my book and the whole thing was just super awkward

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Pink Jacket in Dallas. The woman announced that she had already picked someone and didn't want to interview anymore people as I was sitting in the lobby.

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Can agree and say Vayner.

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Havas! Omg. They left me sitting in a room for a guy that wasn't even in the state. TWICE. (Shudder)

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Had a pretty interesting experience at CPB interviewing with Jeff Benjamin. They flew me half way across the world, only to have me wait for seven hours in that hangar of theirs. When they finally get me and take me up to his office, he's eating pungent Indian food, and reviewing work at the same time he's interviewing me. Looking back at it, it was pretty lol

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Interbrand. They seemed to be playing off of a good cop/good cop/mean as fuck cop format, and it was uncomfortable in ways that I never expected a job interview to be. Have never been so thankful for an interview to be over.

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@BM1 holy shit. What did you do?

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Weber for sure. HR was great, but EVP was an absolute nightmare.

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TBWA - interviewed for two months, “hired me” and showed me my desk, introduced me around. Offer didn’t show up for a couple days, so I wrote for info and they ghosted me!

Small (now defunct) digital shop made me do a job talk and answer a brief, no problem. Didn’t go so well, “I missed the mark” and didn’t get the job. A few months later, I see my stuff from the job talk plagiarized in an agency white paper.

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Anomaly. The desperation was palpable.

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Weber Shandwick. HR completed ghosted. No follow up.

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@SC1 When was that?

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