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$50,000 a year for a fully onsite role in San Diego should have been my first red flag. The HR screening process was probably the most unprofessional I’ve ever experienced. There was no “Hi, how are you?” or basic introduction, just an immediate barrage of questions. The interviewer came across as extremely unfriendly and asked me three separate times whether I was a U.S. citizen, which seemed to be her primary concern. By the third time, I was ready to end the call. I have never been repeatedly questioned like that in a professional interview setting. As someone born and raised in the U.S., the experience felt deeply uncomfortable and borderline discriminatory. Overall, the company came across as highly unprofessional, and HR seriously needs to reevaluate how candidates are treated.

Applied on LinkedIn. The recruiter called me and pushed me through. I eventually got a standard no-reply denial email from them. But then the recruiter called me again for another interview. I'm like, I already did this, got denied, what's going on... She pushed me through (again.) This time I had a video interview with the new at the time director of operations. We had a good conversation so he pushed me through to the next step, a video call with who would be my direct boss (head of content) and someone on the team. An hour before the interview, the head of content asked to push the meeting 5 hours later. I obliged. 20min into our 1-hour call, she mentioned she had a hard stop in 10 minutes. I ended up getting that standard no-reply denial email again. But good riddance. This place seems incredibly unorganized. This role has been constantly reposted on job boards. My experience with who would be my direct boss was unprofessional and disrespectful. I urge anyone looking into this place to seek elsewhere. There are plenty of smaller agencies in San Diego where you would have a much higher impact with less politics and stress.