I hate to be the contrarian here, but my interview experience at Trellis did not align with the overwhelmingly positive feedback others have shared. Up until the in-person interview, everyone I had spoken with at the company seemed pleasant, but notably, none had prior Amazon or direct marketing experience. My own background in these areas was well known to them. They had met the founders of the company I previously worked at and were aware of my experience.
 During the in-person interview, I was told that the position they were hiring for might not even exist in 3–6 months. I would be expected to automate the role and then transition into a completely different position, one that required a skill set they hadn’t advertised for. Two additional people dropped in unexpectedly during the interview. They were clearly fishing for very specific answers, in a way that felt more like a technical interrogation than a marketing discussion. The main interviewer frequently left the room, pressing me on formulas and concepts in a manner that felt demeaning and dismissive of my perspective. As a marketer, I’m entitled to my own approaches and viewpoints, but they seemed intent on having me agree with theirs. They showed little interest in anything I had done outside of Amazon. One interviewer even bragged about managing $200 million in Amazon ad spend and seemed to use it as a way to undercut my startup background.
 I was also asked to sketch the company structure of my previous employer and explain why I had been laid off, which was due to a health emergency. That’s how I found myself included in that round of layoffs, but the conversation left me wondering if sexism or bias played a role in how I was treated. At one point, I was told more than once, “I feel like you’re telling us what you think we want to hear instead of what you think,” which felt like an indictment of interviews rather than my answers.
 By the end, the interview, which ran 30 minutes longer than scheduled, I left me questioning whether I even wanted to continue in marketing at all. It was demeaning, frustrating, and overall a deeply negative experience.