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      Editorial Interview

      May 31, 2016
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Refinery29 in May 2016

      Interview

      I was contacted a few days after submitting my application and asked to do a basic test assignment. I completed that and sent it back the next day. About a week and a half later, I received a response and invitation for an interview. There were basic background questions and others more specific to the role. They said they would be in touch within a few days. I followed up a week later and got a response that they were still working through things on their end but would let me know. Two weeks later, the posting was gone and I never heard back one way or another.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Run through your background and resume
      Answer question
      1

      Other Editorial Interview Reviews for Refinery29

      Editorial Interview

      Jul 13, 2018
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Refinery29

      Interview

      I've interviewed at many places before (big and small companies) and this is by far the most unprofessional interview process I've ever experienced. An editor recently slid into my DMs on Instagram (of all places) to tell me about an opportunity on their beauty team. Long story short, I emailed her to radio silence. Finally gets back to me a week later with a lackadaisical response about how she was on vacation (couldn't you set up an OOO?) and then asks me if I want to set up a phone interview. I send over times to talk, she says she's NOT AVAILABLE actually, and asks me to come into the office instead. At this point, I have absolutely zero idea what the position is or what it entails. I press for details. She asks me when I can come in, I give her times on two separate occasions to which she doesn't respond until too late. At this point, I just tell her flat out I'm not interested in interviewing anymore, because, sorry -- hiring is a two-way street. As the talent you're supposedly trying to "poach," showing that you cannot form the basic functions of your job as a manager (who would be my boss!) or communicate appropriately are the hugest red flags -- this was embarrassing for R29 and it really confirmed for me that all the horrible reviews on here are true. By the way, it is EXTREMELY transparent and management is not fooling anyone with their fake reviews about how wonderful R29 is and "if you're not happy, you're just an entitled person who doesn't appreciate a good opportunity." From an outside perspective, it just goes to show that they're not actually listening to the complaints or trying to fix things from the top down, but hoping to lure more people into their mess. Some advice: if you actually want to lose this idea of R29 being a place for entitled millennial influencers, maybe train your employees on how to act like professional humans who know better. Maybe teach your hiring managers the appropriate ways of interviewing and interacting with potential hires as important talent, not to mention actually giving them training on managerial experience.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Can you come in tomorrow? (Without knowing what the actual job is for or any pertinent details about the position) LOL
      Answer question
      2

      Editorial Interview

      Aug 6, 2015
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Refinery29 (New York, NY) in Jul 2015

      Interview

      The most humiliating and unprofessional "interview" process I've ever seen a company conduct. I had email correspondence with one of their editors (who doubles as their hiring manager) which were extremely casual/borderline unprofessional and should've sent off red flags. I was driving from my home in New Jersey to Manhattan for the interview (financial district), and five minutes before arriving at my destination, I reluctantly checked my email at a red light. Unsurprisingly, there was an email I had received literally 2 minutes earlier saying she had to cancel. There was no apology and no explanation. I haven't heard from her in two weeks. It's a great stepping stone, career-wise, but the pay isn't great and they'll flake on you without any explanation or replies to your emails. Stay away from this place if you can.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Writing samples.
      Answer question
      14