VMG Studio 520 interview questions

The interview went fine, but from the outset I knew it wasn't a culture fit. Seemed culty. I did not get the vibe that this was the place for me. We mutually decided not to move forward.

I had a very strange and unpleasant interview process. I applied for an Associate Producer position. I had a video interview early in the week. This was pretty normal, and wen rather well. They said they'd "get back to me by the end of the week". They ghosted me, and I heard nothing more about this position. About a month or so later, I heard back from them out of the blue, asking if I was interested in a short-term videographer/editor position. When I asked about the previous position, they claimed they "were having technical trouble sending messages through inDeed (the platform I had applied on)". This was pretty blatantly a lie, and if it wasn't, they had numerous other channels they could have contacted me on, so either way it was disrespectful. They seemed in a big hurry to get me in on this position, they asked if I could come into the office to talk about the position, what the work would be, and how it would be structured. Again, they were clearly desperate to get me in the door as fast as possible. When I came into the office to talk about the position, I was interviewed by no less that 5-6 people, including the CEO herself, and they seem to not exactly know what position I was there to fill. The interview was intense, and there was some mild bickering between members of the team throughout. Classic red flag, they referred to their workforce as "a family" several times. The CEO asked a few convoluted hypothetical questions, that essentially laid out that they expect you to work strange hours, come in for overtime, and that they have poor project management. The atmosphere got noticeably hostile when I pushed back on these points. I received an offer quickly, for a one month contract. The contract would put me as a salaried employee (60k/yr), and that I'd be expected to work "40 hours a week minimum", with some strong implications that I'd be working much more than this. I reached out to some former VMG employees on LinkedIn, and asked some of my other colleagues in the industry if they had heard of VMG. Almost everyone had warning stories, and urged me to tread very cautiously. I would not recommend interviewing or working here.