I debated posting something here as I’ve interviewed with tons of agencies over the years and never written a Glassdoor review about the experience, but this was a strange and frustrating one, and when I saw that somebody else had a bad experience I felt like maybe others interested should take note. A couple things that I’ll say: One - there were two major lies* that I was told during the process. The first was that if I made it to the “values” round that meant the people I met with felt confident about my experience and that at that point I should feel good about things. When I was told I didn’t get the job, I was told it was because I lacked experience in a certain area. This is something that they could have figured out before I kept going for six weeks, five interviews, and a 10+ hour unpaid assignment for an active client. Which brings us to “lie” number two. First I was told there would be a writing assignment. Then I was told there would not be be one. A few weeks later I was told that I needed to do a 10 page presentation (again, unpaid and for an active client…at a very senior level, which is a bit odd) and that I’d need to present to a large group of people. To be fair it seems like a good agency and it seemed like a great opportunity, but the interview process had me second guessing going into that final presentation. *I don’t think anybody intentionally lied to me, I just think the process was sloppy and a bit unprofessional, and s big part of that was a lack of consistency.

Beware. I too debated posting my review on Glassdoor. When I realized other candidates were also exploited, I felt compelled to warn the larger community This company seems to be just another disingenuous agency that extracts free consulting on business challenges from executive-level candidates and claims it is part of the interview process. It seemed innocent at first. After two interviews, I was told I would be required to complete a written exercise to "understand my thinking." This written exercise was a thinly veiled extraction of my knowledge gained from years of experience in the content domain and took several hours of my personal time over a weekend. Following my submission, I was then asked to meet with the Co-CEOs who asked me about my responses. The company then ghosted me for 4 weeks, which is when I realized I had made an enormous mistake. Shame on me for participating in this sham. I am here to warn you against these practices. Companies that participate in these tactics are frankly duplicitous and should be held accountable in a public forum. Take my advice and don't hand over your expertise until you are hired. At the very least, ask to be paid for your time.