I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Fusion92 (Chicago, IL) in June 2021
Interview
Very warm and welcoming especially from the moment I was reached about an open position. I was thoroughly prepped with sort of an itinerary of the entire process it felt like I was already working there.
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Question 1
Have you project managed in agency before ...Why now?
I applied online. I interviewed at Fusion92 (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2020
Interview
Probably the most disappointing interview process I have ever been through. I interviewed in March of 2020, went through about 3 rounds of interviews one of which was with five different team members. Once COVID hit they paused all hiring. Fast forward to November and I was re-interviewed with most of the same people. This time around I spoke to the HR recruiter, and five other employees all at individual times. They called my references and then ghosted me for about 2 months with virtually no updates, no follow-ups, and many ignored emails coming from me. Ultimately after another follow up request, I was updated that they went in another direction. To sum it up, I had over 10 calls with the team in the span of a year and did not feel like my time and effort were respected.
I will say the interviews themselves were normal, nothing too difficult and every one individually was very kind. Hannah Jane was helpful during the many months of applying. I would have had a good experience through this process would I have received realistic communication after my final interviews. I do not consider that 2 months is a fair time to wait for a final answer between final interviews and a final decision.
Another positive is that I communicated this feedback to the team and the response was positive and thankful. It seems like a really great place to work, I was just disappointed in the way the process unfolded.
One of the most bizarre interview processes from the very start. They had a recruiter reach out to me on LinkedIn, and I responded that I'd be interested in chatting with him, so we set up a time to talk. It was already bizarre because he would use words like "u" instead of "you" and "thx" instead of "thanks." I should have walked at this point. We set up a phone interview for the next morning at 10am. He never called. I messaged him asking if I was perhaps mistaken on the timing, and he responded that he had a bizarre emergency and his wife had fainted so he was at the ER. It was odd, but I understand these things happen. He apologized for being "unpro" and we agreed to reschedule the call for 9:30am the next day. By 9:40am, my phone hadn't rang so I again asked him if I was confused on timing. His response (and I quote) "Omg I thought it was 10." The thing is that the culture looked like a great fit for me, so I was willing to look past these very "unpro" interactions, and re-scheduled for a 3rd time. The call itself was very strange; he seemed like he had his phone in his pocket the whole time (it was very muffled/distant sounding) and repeated that he knew little about the company itself since he's a consultant, but he thought I should come in to meet the team. I'm a big believer in in-person interviews going farther than phone conversations, so I agreed. Hard to believe, but it got even stranger from here! They had me come in and meet with their "director of project excellence" or some weird job title like that, and he started by telling me there's actually no job available for me. Then he *literally* asked me one question, in an entire hour. He talked about himself, his husband, where he lives, his dog, how he likes to work, his typical hours, his office, and then said "ok hour's up!" On my way out of the office, I told the HR representative that I was a bit upset that I was brought into the office under the pretense that there was an open position available to me, and she apologized (sincerely), and told me to keep in touch with her in my job searching process. Needless to say, I did not.
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Question 1
They barely asked me anything! They have a lot to figure out about their company.