The phone screening with HR was really easy, and she was extremely nice. The next round, where I met with someone from marketing, also seemed to go well. I felt good about the conversation and where it was heading. However, I didn’t get the role, which is fine. I asked for feedback and received the response, “too textbook and not creative enough.” Given that I only had 45 minutes to interview, I can only explain so much. It’s disappointing, especially since the role has been open for months, and they still can't fill it. That says a lot about a company that struggles to make decisions. In the end, I’m glad I avoided this team. I’ve had a micro manager before, where no matter what you did, it was never good enough.

Recruiter, Hiring manager intro call, presentation / case study exercise based off of a data set you are given and then a panel interview for the presentation. I thought all the calls and intros went well, I felt pretty good about it. I was advised for the presentation that they liked / were expecting a lot of visuals / visualizations. Timing and communication for the presentation were somewhat of an issue - I think there was a disconnect between expectations or communication. First there was a 2 week gap between delivering the case study and presenting, I didn't hear back at all for about a week so wasn't sure if they ghosted. I was told not to spend more than a couple hours on the presentation but then in the materials they advised 8 hours. Even spending more than that the feedback I received was that it was too surface level, and there seemed to be an expectation to be a business expert on things I couldn't have known outside of what was given, even though the guidance was to use the data set provided only.