HR felt messy throughout the process. I had to constantly follow up on next steps and many times felt ghosted. At some point, I felt anxiety because HR would say I was a shoe in and then the next minute there was a delay. In many ways, they hired based on popularity.
I can say that speaking with the EIC was a good moment in the interview. Other interviewers throughout the process felt "we're in, you're out" and HR simply shrugged it off.
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General questions, an edit test, and more interviews.
The interview was with the head of post, an art director, and a copywriter. They were unenthusiastic and the head of post was on her laptop the entire time. They didn't ask any memorable questions - I was in/out in 30.
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I shared my portfolio and walked them through my work & experience.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Refinery29 in Mar 2021
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I had a great interview that I was actually recruited for by request of the EIC/team. But then, despite the team requesting the outreach to me- when the recruiter wanted to move forward, they decided that having a freelancer suddenly become the boss of a team was going to be an issue with the employees. The reason they are searching OUTSIDE of the company is cause they need diversity and inclusion, which is my niche. So it was very disheartening and felt like they just wanted to say they interviewed a Latina.
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My work history, if I have ever been in charge of a team (I have), what do I see when I look at the site that I would change, what would I bring, my history with freelancers to bring aboard, etc