I interviewed in Nov/Dec of 2023. It was a 4 Step process. Recruiter, Hiring Manager, Panel Interview and then a meeting with the CEO. You are also given an exercise to complete and present to the team during the panel interview. Everyone I met was really pleasant and kind. I thought my interview went well during the panel portion but unfortunately I didn't move forward to the last round. The recruiter (Seanera) was by far one of the best recruiters I worked with.

DO NOT INTERVIEW AT THIS COMPANY, HORRIBLE CEO. I had a fairly positive experience for the HR screening, hiring manager interview, and case study presentation. However, that all came to a halt when I had my final round interview with the CEO, Pearl. Never in my career have I had a more unprofessional, demoralizing, and downright bizarre interview. For about 40 minutes out of the hour interview I was asked varying inappropriate questions. While I am open to answering questions regarding professional challenges or weaknesses, or discussing any hobbies or passions outside of work that makes me unique, I was prompted with questions like "Why do you suck?" (3 times), "How are you weird?", and "What does ugly you look like? Describe it to me." When I couldn't answer the questions to her liking by describing outside work hobbies, she would state things like "that's not weird enough, TELL me you're weird." How uncomfortable for a potential employer to determine what they deem as 'cool' or 'weird' enough about you, and to that manner, keep prodding until I provide increasingly intimate characteristics about myself that frankly shouldn't have to be disclosed in a professional environment, and has no indication of how I'd perform in the role. Some other components of the interview included insulting my name (after telling her what name I go by both professionally and personally, she told me it was too long, she wouldn't say it, and gave me a new nickname), asking me if I have "temper tantrums in front of my clients", and for the remaining questions, which I adequately prepared and researched thoroughly to ensure they were objectively correct, were never correct from her perspective, unless very explicitly stated in the manner she wished. The interview never consisted of asking questions about my background, my professional capacity, my motivations, my strengths, my value, and how that could translate to Contently's success. I felt like the interview was such a disservice for all of the work I put in to get to the final round that I would hate for someone else to experience what I went through. There is so much more I can say about this interview and Pearl's demeanor, but in short, they have a disparaging CEO who thinks she can say, and do, whatever she pleases with her employees. Red flags are abundant.