I submitted my resume via email to the CEO of the organization of the company, David Kemp. I received a reply and request to meet very shortly after submitting. I met David for a one on one meeting, first. It went well and I really liked him, and he liked me. A second meeting was scheduled to "meet the rest of the staff". This is where I started to have issues with the interview process. I was ushered into a room with eight people seated around a conference table, along with the CEO to my left, I was sitting at the head of the table. I would not be reporting to any of these people. Some of these people were just assistants. The first person to ask me a question was someone whose job had absolutely no overlap or anything to do whatsoever with the position I was there to discuss, and I would not report to. In fact, that person's job and mine couldn't have been more polar opposite. It was totally unrelated. So why was this person there judging me and interviewing me? In fact, why were any of those people there? The CEO is who I would report to. Was I on an episode of Survivor Island? Was I rushing a fraternity? No. It was quite farcical. Then came the utterly moronic interview question: "If you could be a tree, what kind of tree would you be, and why?" (see interview questions section for details on that). On top of that, the organization has no real office space. They are located in a "co-working" space (a space similar to "WeWork"), which is disorganized, chaotic, and awful. The place is filled with strangers walking around not involved with the organization in any way, shape or form, from random individuals to employees of other organizations. There isn't even a proper receptionist/reception desk. When I arrived a guy (not an employee of CurePSP) sitting behind this general shared reception desk and dressed for a day in the woods, tells me to sign in on a tablet and the system will automatically let people know that I'm there. Okay. So what is your purpose? It's a mess. The environment is terrible. I will say that I really liked David Kemp, the CEO. He is a very nice man with a lot of business experience, and we were really on the same page in terms of the job and what needed to be done to manage the database. On the other hand though, I will say that the organization seems to be a bit rudderless in terms of development with no clear plan for raising more money or growing their donor base, and a board of directors whom, I was told (in terms of bringing money into the organization), "aren't really like that". Okay then. Early the next morning I sent the CEO an email thanking him for his interest in my resume, but that after meeting with his staff, I had determined that CurePSP was not a good fit.
