My dream agency interviewed me. Asked who my seniors were and poached one of them.

I am a little rattled by this experience. Did they only interview me to see who the seniors are and what everyone did? Is this okay for agencies to do?

I've only ever had 3-4 interviews so far...and I am not quite sure how to feel about this. Or if this is common. Or if I am overthinking.

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You got it backwards. They were already poaching your seniors who were nice enough to say, “there are some great Junior creatives here”.

Send that thank you letter before that window closes.

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You’re overthinking. They were poking around at your agency and figuring out who to hire. Get that person to hire you!

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Your senior was probably already interviewing there but they couldn’t come out and say it. When you say goodbye/good luck to them throw in an “I actually just interviewed there. Would you mind putting in a good word for me when you start?”

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In all frankness, I would probably write them an email stating that they crossed the line.

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Why would they need to interview you, a junior, to figure out who your seniors are?

Everyone has LinkedIn, they could’ve just found them there.

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Feels odd somehow. Name them?

Overthinking. How seniors were your seniors?

Sorry to hear this but you will probably see a lot of this happening....

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