The initial phone interviews with a recruiter and sales manager were the only positive experiences. They were great to speak with and quite friendly. Anyways, I have a successful track record of selling online advertising space for real estate and business license(s) to real estate agents and owners. I also posses a real estate license and a have silver tongue. To say that I was qualified for the role is an understatement.
The feedback was that I was too "low energy" and that I didn't perform as well as they would have liked while role playing. Prior to my final on site interview I ran into a disastrous situation in attempting to get home from a long time planned family event. Three flight cancellations and numerous flight delays landed me back in Denver nearly 36 hours after I was supposed to arrive. This left me with less than 10 hours before my interview. I was stressed and under much duress. The last thing I wanted to do was reschedule the interview and figured making all 3 interviewers aware of the situation would help them understand. The feedback that I received felt like a slap in the face given my situation. I was the first to admit that I was not on my A game. I reiterated how much the role meant to me numerous times (hence why I didn't reschedule when I should have) and that I had honestly ran into an awful situation prior to the interview.
I signed an NDA as if we were actually going to discuss real business. Instead I felt like I was 16 years old again interviewing for a position at Abercrombie. What type of cereal best describes your personality? Why? type questions. The first gentleman that I interviewed with was a brick wall and I couldn't help but feel that he hated his life. Maybe its because of the office location. C'mon Zillow Group, you violated the first 3 rules of real estate with your site selection
1. Location 2. Location 3. Location Have you not heard of DOWNTOWN DENVER or BOULDER? You picked the absolute worst location in the Denver Metro Area in back February of 2016. CENTENNIAL????? DTC AREA???? No amount of top golf or green Kool-Aid can make up for that move. I felt an acute sense of depression setting in as I neared the office location.
I did proceed to pick up " Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate" off my coffee table (I presume that I have read it more times than most in the office) after receiving the news and ripped it apart which felt great!
If you are an alpha, down to business, top performer I think that Zillow Group will really cramp your style. If you are a beta, ping pong during work, 5 figure settler that loves to kiss butt then I think Zillow Group would love to have you.