What are some ad agency interview red flags?
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Allow me to share my list with you. Some are counterintuitive, but these have proven to be red flags for me over the years as a freelancer:
- Over-the-top flattery from the recruiter. (Creepy, and what are they making up for?)
- When the team + recruiter constantly references the CCO by first-name only, as if you should definitely know who *he* is. (Nine out of ten times this will land you at one of those agencies where everyone is forced into playing along with the ego charades of one guy, and their jobs revolve around chasing his approval.)
- If anyone i interview with shows up to the zoom call burnt out, beat down, over tired or drained of energy and enthusiasm.
- If they ask me to lower my rate. I have some wiggle room in my rate, but going much lower always seems to land me in a bad environment.
- If they can’t/won’t give you a timeline, or details about the deliverables on the project. This tends to mean they’re going to want everything ASAP, and then some helping hands on additional projects. I reserve the right to a workable schedule.
What are your red flags?
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They don’t show up to a 6pm interview and later send an apology saying they were too swamped with work to get away
“We work hard, play hard”
Tell you to keep your pay quiet/ don’t share it with anyone
Pizza Parties, Beer Taps, basically everything flashy yet your actual pay is low.
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"We're like a family, and you don't let down your family" is the red flag of all red flags
It’s an ad agency.
“We don’t have a lot of rules.”
Scheduling an interview after 6pm or on a weekend.
When the CEO, apropos of nothing, says “the agency’s financial health is solid”
When the CEO, apropos of nothing, says “the agency’s financial health is solid”