My experience with this place demonstrates that rude unprofessional behavior is not exclusive to the twentysomething twits who have been the focus of my
criticism, as the team I met with in this case appeared to be at
least my age group; the art director even had silver hair. I applied in July 2013 and
HR invited me for an interview. I first met with the HR rep, followed by two
women (the aforementioned art director and a second woman whose title now
escapes me).
Time for me to dish out a little more advice to those tasked with
interviewing candidates. If you are incapable of behaving like a professional
civilized human being during an interview, then please keep your mouth shut and
stay quiet for the duration of the meeting. And, if you truly cannot do this,
then excuse yourself from the room.
I believe I can pinpoint exactly where this interview went sour and the
art director could no longer mask her contempt for me. It was when I confessed
my shame in not owning a Mac -- blasphemy! From that point on, she did not hold
back her disdain at all for me. She even went so far as to insult my work. Which
begs the question, if you hate the material in my portfolio, why did you bring
me in for an interview? Because this is the same material on my website which
you were supposed to have reviewed before inviting me for an interview. If the only reason
they invited me was to insult me to my face, well, I'm clearly dealing with
some sick people here.
I did the usual expected post-interview due diligence dance of sending
thank-you emails to all three parties mentioned above. I received no response
from any of them, not even from the HR rep who couldn't even be bothered to send me a formal rejection email.
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