I've been interviewing with a company and have had 4 interviews yet they still can't tell me who the client is. They have said the general industry but not the name. I've never dealt with this before, is this common?

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I just accepted an offer and have recently started work there. They were under a lot of shifting internally, people being moved around on accounts, etc. I didn’t know what accounts I was on until my first day. It could be something internally facing if they’re going under something similar.

It felt like a good fit agency/culture-wise so I decided to go for it and am actually really excited about my accounts. :) did you voice that it’s important to you to know the accounts?

Possibly a conflict account/agency?

Maybe it’s something gross that they don’t want to tell you about til you’re in the door like tobacco, the military, Facebook or the NRA?

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