Honestly, this entire process was a complete waste of my time and beyond unprofessional. Initially, I had a phone interview with the recruiter in October, that went extremely well. After that, I heard back rather quickly and was passed on to another day of interviews with two separate people for the following week. The interview itself was enjoyable and they seemed kind. Those both also went very well. I heard back within the week and was passed off to a fourth interview...again, went very well and I was told by the recruiter that I would receive an update within the week. I waited a week and heard nothing, so I followed up. I was then told that I would hear back within two weeks. Hmmm, seemed like kind of a long stretch but I really felt good about the process and decided to stay patient. Two weeks go by, still no update. I follow up AGAIN. The recruiter takes a week to answer me, and responds with no update, just more excuses . I began to feel disrespected in the sense that I gave them many days and hours worth of my time to proceed through multiple interviews, and they were continuing to drag out the decision process for much longer than they originally had expressed. Mind you, I had a full time job and had to really work around my meetings and schedule during the day to accommodate their extensive interview process. For anyone who has a full time job in the advertising industry, you know this is not always easy. Still nothing nearly a month later (after my final interview) when I receive a virtual Christmas card from them thanking me for my interest and expressing an excitement for the new year. Okay....? Thank you but could you please tell me if I got the job and stop dragging me along? I found that strange and kind of inappropriate. Finally, mid January, TWO MONTHS after my final interview, I follow up once more after receiving no updates and was a little more assertive in my approach. At which point they responded and said they didn’t have the new year numbers in line yet, so they didn’t know how many positions were needed and didn’t want to “hold up my job search”. Haven’t you already held it up enough requiring multiple interviews and dragging it on for a total of three months?! Beyond unprofessional, very disrespectful to my time, and extremely annoying, frustrating, and irritating. If that experience was any indication of how the company as a whole is ran, I literally want no part of it anyways. So happy it didn’t work out.

Recruiter screen → Hiring manager → Case + deck creation → Panel interview → Offer stage The interview rounds were structured and professional. The case assignment was clear, and the panel interview went smoothly, although a scheduled grandparent interviewer did not attend and there was no separate grandparent interview afterward. The experience changed at the offer stage. The level proposed did not match the scope discussed throughout the interviews, and the compensation presented was significantly below market for the responsibilities outlined. Requests for clarity on leveling criteria, compensation philosophy, and internal benchmarks were met with vague answers, making it difficult to understand how the offer was determined. The team seemed alright, but the lack of transparency and the large gap between role expectations and the final offer raised concerns about internal alignment. I ultimately declined.