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I had 7 rounds with 11people including a presentation for entire 2 months, and they told me I didn't get the job.
Medium sized agency too.
Is this really the company & culture you want?
Happened to me in my current role. I’ve got three years experience and this is my second job
Splitting hairs here. But it feels like three rounds and not seven. You talked to seven people.
When we are hiring an Acct person we do;
1. HR screen
2. Two to three back to back with sr acct
3. Assuming we like, two back to backs with creative and a strat
Isn’t this fairly common?
Disagree if this is a junior to mid level role this is excessive.
In my view, juniors and mids at the agency need:
1. HR (not just to screen but to build relationship through process and to turn to when offer is out etc)
2. Hiring Manager
3. Direct Report (if applicable)
4. Optional/nice to have: Peer they will partner with (IP or similar)
If this is a mid to senior level there would be more conversations including creative/strategy so like 6 convos in total.
One thing we do for good candidates that fit multiple roles is schedule interviews with multiple teams - if she sure she is interview for one team and not two?
Sounds like a FAANG/tech interview. They are notorious for multiple rounds - sometimes all on the same day if it's the final interview stretch. But they do pay well. I guess this is how they make you earn your keep on entry. Was this FAANG, agency or in-house?
Rising Star
We’re calling it MAANG
Chief
It's almost like agencies are displaying the same client fears that lead to every piece of work into testing and focus groups and analysis paralysis.
What's the point when they lay people off at the drop of the hat anyway.
I believe it's called "playing office."
the kind of place that hasn’t yet realized that employers no longer have the upper hand.
I went through seven interviews and a strategy assignment for Twitter and didn’t get the job. I’m still not over it, but I’d work there in a heartbeat.
Soul crushing. I also work in social, so we definitely could have been vying for the same or similar role.
Unless this position is part of SpaceX’s mission to Mars they are out of their minds. respect on that 👻 move. 👊
I can only imagine what it must be like to work there. The phrase "latent micromanagement" comes to mind.
We have 5 in total but it’s not as long. HR screener then meeting 3-4 folks for 30 mins each. So 2.5 hours in total.
we have 3 rounds:
1) HR screener (basically useless other than checking boxes)
2) interview with me to gauge interest/mindset
3) interview with partner, managing team, and other CD
Amazon does the same thing. 4 Rounds, the 4th being an all day affair with 5 interviews. The first of the 5 you present 3 case studies.
Red flags all day for me - it always seems to be accompanied by the money phrase “we just want to make sure you’re a culture fit”
It’s all circle jerk culture - no one is cool lol
I went through 6 over the course 4 months from first repose to my application to offer. And this really was 6 separate rounds. Not one day with multiple interviews stacked. 🤦🏼♀️
A team I am on at DAS puts junior and mid levels through 3-7 interviews consistently. It’s crazzzzy.
I was put through 5 for an entry level role, then the agency decided 3 months in to the role that I “wasn’t a good fit” :/
At max it should be three, with one being HR
I just had 8 rounds of interviews and had to send a follow up almost a month later because they weren’t going to bother sending me a rejection email
I am assuming they only want to employ desperate people, or no one at all.
Wow. I had a small agency that was just shy of that many rounds, but also expected me to take a test, prepare a presentation for a VP position. Respectfully withdrew shortly after that.
Otherwise known as “please donate your strategic work to our otherwise bland thinking” interview round.
You could have offered them your hourly consulting rate for that presentation as a real power move as part of your withdrawal.
Amazon?