Currently being employed in the luxury real estate industry, I was obsessively interested in the position when I came across it. I watched their seminars, I found their training videos, I followed their social media accounts and researched the company. I requested and reached out to current employees on LinkedIn and submitted my resume and work samples through them. I was contacted for an initial screening with a recruiter via email. I provided my availability and never heard back from her. I left two voicemails and the week after received a call that she had missed my emails and voicemails and wanted to reschedule. Gave her the benefit of the doubt and scheduled the screening call. Was then scheduled for a video call with a peer and then two video calls with my would-be supervisor and a higher-up a few days later. All of these video calls went exceedingly well and I was given feedback that the team was excited about me moving forward. More than a week later, my recruiter emails to schedule the final interview with the Regional Director. I was given two prompts to present during this video call. I researched and put together a PP presentation that clearly portrayed my vast knowledge of real estate marketing. When on the call, the Director was humbling and prodding to see how I would react under pressure. Fair enough. She remarked that I handled it well. Two weeks later, I receive a call from my recruiter that I was not selected as the Director was looking for a specific response to the prompts and I did not provide the specific response that she was looking for. Being declined was honestly shocking to me, as my skillset so clearly aligned with the role.

Too many interviews, with too many people. The process was very long, lasted about 2 months. Did not make it to the final round which was a case-study and panel presentation in-office.