I concept and write commercials. Me (and my art director) interview and hire directors for all our spots, make all casting decisions, oversee wardrobe, cast VO, direct VO, oversee art direction, color correction, sound design, choose and direct music.

My title is Copywriter. Genuine question: Am I doing the job of a copywriter or a creative director?

Does FAANG / MANGA check for DS/Algo/Sys-Design knowledge while interviewing experienced developers of about 6+ years? Or Would it be any different?

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Can someone help with approximately how many times and in what interval should one follow up with HR after 2 interviews & a assignment? 1st interview was technical then assignment and then 2 interview. Called up HR after one day of interview, she said she is awaiting to hear from the concerned team

Hi All

From last 40-50 day's; I get call from HR ...
.they asked whether they can schedule interview on Wednesday....i said Yes.

But somehow I get schedule cancellation e-mail on or before Tuesday & the process continues from last 1.5 months

Will i get interviewed @accenture or not....

What is a Product Craft interview?
Tell me everything. How do I prepare for this?

When I was a device driver developer with 2 years relevant experience I had got calls from Nvidia and Qualcomm. Unfortunately I wasn't able to crack the interviews back then.

For next 5 years I worked mostly on application development and broadening my exposure. I am not getting even a single call from such companies now.

Is it a good idea to rebrand myself as a device driver developer so that I can get calls again?

Hi Fishes,

Can anyone working as data engineer or ETL engineer in Harman message me.
Have a query in interview process.

Thanks your time is really appreciated.

How do you discuss deals that are still in progress (for interviews) without giving away confidential information?
Particularly a buy-side deal, bidding rounds are still in progress

Any idea about Lennox International? I'm being interviewed for Specialist - IT risk role. Tips would be great. Thanks.

I am associated with an investment bank in mumbai for 11 years and total exp 13. I have two interview going on one in mumbai and second in bengaluru, almost last rounds. How much hike should i expect frm both of them. My current fixed is 18lpa

Interviewing with Activision Blizzard. I have a one hour interview for Lead SDET. Anyone have any insight or tips for the interview?

Does anyone have insight on the Executive Assistsnt pay range at Cisco? I’ve recently ventured into applying for more senior roles and am wondering what the difference in pay will be.

Anyone currently working at Grubhub? I have an interview coming up and would love to hear other people’s opinions/experiences working on the product design team there. What’s the culture like?

Hello fishes have an interview scheduled for power programmer for Microsoft Azure .net technology. In the mail it has been mentioned the interview would have coding, so will that be technology based coding questions or DSA programs ?

Hi,
Last week I gave 4 rounds of interview with JPMC for the Associate position for WM division.
Last Friday I received email from HR asking last 3 payslips, and all info related to pay along with the ECTC and resume and gave everything over the weekend.
I gave expected as 30 fixed and currently at 20.8 fixed with 4 YoE in analytics and DS and overall 5+.
Still haven’t heard back from the HR.
What are the chances of extending an offer and on portal showing “Under Consideration for interview”

VC community - a recruiter (from an external agency) reached out to me in regards to a strategy position in the VC firm’s local office but I feel tremendously under-qualified as someone with less than a year of consulting experience. Do I have a chance to interview? How might I best demonstrate interest and competency?

Has anyone heard of BVOH before? Seems like they’re a boutique accounting/finance recruiting firm but i’m a bit hesitant to respond to the recruiter that contacted me.

After spending two weeks in the apartment with my girlfriend, I realize that she really annoys me and I cannot stand her habits. But before this I really liked hanging out with her on Friday nights

Hi! How’s the growth in the tech department of the company? How are increments and bonuses?

Can I get a referral for PWC AC? Bangalore location.

Any good business/consulting books on amazon kindle that y’all have read that has helped you in your job?

What is a nice gift for first time jobbers?

If you accept reduced hours, would that allow you to change your benefits? I am considering changing my health insurance, 401k contribution and hsa to “plug the gap”

Dear EY folks, what's the difference between EY GDS and EY India?

I have been selected for EY GDS as PM. What kind of projects I can expect?

Also, how is yearly appraisal and bonus in EY GDS?

Done with final interview round of BCG for lateral placements and the HR has asked for a call for communicating final result. Generally they do this for communicating yes or no? Super anxious!

What’s the avg. salary range in consulting for someone that’s 4-5 years out of college?

Hi All,

My sister is searching for a job. She is currently working as PMO in Infosys from last 2 years (she has only 2 years experience). Can someone please provide referral for PMO role in Capgemini Pune?

Thanks in advance... 😊

Team is already talking about eating hours. My utilization is down cause I was in unassigned for a month in Dec/Jan. What's worse pissing off the partner or having a low utilization? -staff 1

Just put in a little over 6 months...thinking about transferring offices. Is it possible?

How do you say “buy this product” in a headline without saying “buy this product”?

Sincerely,
A Junior Copywriter with a shitty brief and an even shittier turnover time 😭😭🥹

Are puns always bad? I like them as cheat codes for making boring things slightly more entertaining. I don’t want to spend hours thinking for a line for a social post we are just doing to fill up a content calendar

Do you charge your clients for time spent on email communication?

I’m overdue for a raise. On average, what percentage increase should I ask for?

Do creative directors have the power to ignore their copywriters and go with their own ideas?

I think it’s so crazy that once you sign-full time as a CW, you can’t freelance as well. Feels like there’s so many opportunities out there for freelance roles but the full-time gig steals us from them ☹️

Pivoting from copywriting to _____? Interested to hear from copywriters who are either considering or have already transitioned into a totally different or somewhat similar creative role.

Is it a red flag to interview with a potential new agency that I'd have to move to a different state for and they never give you a chance to ask any questions or fly you out to meet in person?

Who’s working in house in LA? Where? Doing what?

When non-ad ppl ask you what do you do? In terms of title; do you tell them “copywriter”? Or immediately assume they dont know and might confuse it with copyright infringement, and just end up telling them that you’re a writer or a creative director, and skip the hassle

How common is it for writers to go to the video shoot they co-wrote? If they aren’t invited, and the CDs go instead, is that a leadership perk or an insult?

LA! Hiring mid-level CWs and ADs! Must have video prod. exp. and be very conceptual.

Solos and teams apply!

LINKEDIN ME (I’m bad at fishbowl)
Samantha Schneiderman (director of creative services)

Just had to go to thesaurus dot com to look up synonyms for “exciting”. I think I need a vacation….

"I'm not a copywriter so this is gonna be terrible BUT..."

🙃🙃🙃

If that’s your Art Director, then why is he in my google doc?

What about using 3 one-word sentences as a slogan? I feel like it’s super played out, but I get suggestions for it all the time. Can’t we do better than mashing together words from the crestive brief?

Conceptually, is it typical for copywriters to bring far more ideas to the table than their AD partner?

Writing user journeys for a UX project is kind of like writing the world’s most boring Choose Your Own Adventure Novel.

Is it better to be at a small shop and crank out work for smaller clients in your first year or be at a big name shop and maybe make nothing? Deciding on an offer...