I was referred by an entertainment marketing executive who knows the EVP Head of Marketing & Brand Strategy. Five different people interviewed me over the course of nine weeks. After interviewing with all five people, the Director of Social Media decided to add a sample assignment to the requirements. The sample assignment included copywriting for ten social posts, community management responses for eight posts, and two fleshed-out custom content series proposals with talent suggestions and distribution plans. I emailed the Director of Talent Acquisition and told her I'm hesitant to undertake a test assignment that requires creating entirely new work without a guaranteed job offer. She said they understood and to do one-liners for the content series proposals instead. After all of that, I was notified that they chose someone else. Interviewing with all five people separately instead of having some people share calls felt like a waste of time. The addition of a sample assignment asking for net-new work felt predatory and disrespectful. The experience left a sour taste in my mouth when it comes to this company, which is really unfortunate since I still work in the entertainment/comedy space.