Q1 Productions interview questions

Applied via email with resume/cover letter. Heard back the next day via phone. Super short phone call. HR said that this position requires 100+ cold calls a day. I explained that I have not had previous experience with cold calling, and that the position's description did not mention cold calling. The closest to "phones" in job description: "Conduct phone interviews to develop relevant and timely content." Mentioned that travel & content writing would be part of the position as well. So.... 100 phone calls a day + writing/research/traveling. I was aware that writing/research and travel would be involved. However, the company is not 100% transparent with the position's requirements - if it requires cold calling (100 calls a day) at least explicitly mention that in a bullet point in the job description.

Interview at your own risk!! Before having a face to face interview, they require you to complete a project. If taken seriously the project will take about 5-6 hours. It's not overly complicated, but it does require research, and gaining a solid grasp of the material at hand. The project entails writing a brief on a potential conference, creating a list of potential speakers, citing 5 different articles, and writing an invitation. When I interviewed, I was asked to talk about my project and demonstrate how and why I came up with my ideas. After speaking for a couple minutes, I was told that my project was great, that it was very enjoyable to read, and that no one had come at it from the direction that I did. Regarding my invitation, I was told, "Wow, since we can't pay our speakers to entice them, this is the kind of invitation we're looking for." The rest of the interview went well, and the interviewers were all fairly personable. I was consistently told that they really liked my experience. However, after the interview I found out that there was supposed to be a third interview, and they would contact me in about a week. This was going to be with the "higher ups". It was here that everything went south. After a week and a half went by and no answer, I followed up and was told I would have to wait until after the weekend to find out. They were meeting on Monday to go over the applicants, and I would be contacted that day. I never heard back. I followed up a couple times, and never even received the courtesy of a reply. They shut me out completely. There is a very good chance that they're using these projects to have free work done for the company. This is a tactic that many companies will use, and unfortunately Q1 looks like one of them. The red flag should have been that they asked me to complete the project after the initial phone screen, and not after the face to face interview. Considering the glowing remarks I received, I wouldn't be surprised if they're currently using my work for their own benefit. One thing I noticed was that on the website Indeed.com, Q1 would continuously repost the producer job. The job description would consist of the same responsibilities and qualifications, but it would be listed under a different title. I saw this happen three times between March and April. This seems a little sketchy. Apparently they are hiring, but ff you do the project, spend no more than one-two hours on it. From looking at other reviews, my guess is that they are looking more for line workers to fill this job. While everyone I met seemed nice, the work environment does look a bit unprofessional and run down. Unfortunately for me they dragged the whole interview process along at a snails pace, which ended up taking well over a month. In the end they were very unprofessional, they wasted a good bit of my time, and now get to use my work for free. Interview at your own risk!!