I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at BMG (UK) (Cardiff, Wales) in Aug 2022
Interview
Applied for a "Management Trainee" role on Indeed. The role description was very vague and a salary of 20-25k was listed.
Similar to other interviewers, I went through a multi-stage interview process that frankly, as a fresh graduate, left me scarred and running for the hills.
I was shown a slideshow showing multiple phases of this so-called training programme. You had to reach certain sales target to proceed to the next stages, rope others in to do the same thing etc etc, so like MLM then, lol.
Curious, I still attended the final interview, in which when inquired about a base salary (like the one mentioned in the job advertisement), the CEO, Luke Walker, proceeded to raise his voice and patronise me. He said, and I quote, "Why should a salesperson who doesn't do sales be paid?". Um ok, wasn't this a management trainee role?
Avoid like the plague! I pity the people who wasted time going through their hiring process.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at BMG (UK) (Cardiff, Wales) in Jan 2021
Interview
zoom call, short call with CEO, shows a fast powerpoint about progression and what the company aims to achieve. Lots of pictures of group trips and questions asked about myself and what I'm currently doing.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BMG (UK) (Cardiff, Wales) in Sep 2021
Interview
Applied for a 'Digital Marketing Assistant' role via TotalJobs. Job description was very vague and basically just asked for enthusiasm.
Received an email and text offering me an initial phone interview, which I accepted. The head of recruitment called, explained that the role would be "more face-to-face marketing" than writing, and asked some other typical interview questions. She then told me I'd been selected for a 15 minute zoom interview with the Managing Director.
He was incredibly patronising and talked down to me, especially when asking why I'd been out of work. He ran through a slideshow which showed people in cheap suits at galas, and all the "travel" and "benefits" that came with the job. Finally explained it was "events marketing", AKA standing in malls trying to sell subscriptions etc. No mention of wage, talk of being fast-tracked to management roles, basically a pyramid scheme. Bombed the interview on purpose, and yet was shortly offered a third, 40-minute long interview with a team leader, which I declined.
Came on to Glassdoor to look up BMG, but could find nothing. However soon worked out it is an offshoot/rebadging of Bamboosh, another Luke Walker venture, which has terrible reviews and is quite clearly a pyramid scheme, preying on graduates and out of work people down on their luck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you prepared to work hard for next to no reward?