You literally cannot get an interview unless you live 30 minutes from/in Chicago, which ironically isn't affordable on their salary. They say 30k-40k, which is hilarious given the requirements, location, hours, etc. Such a joke, don't even apply and waste your time. The "Principal" of the company emailed me, berating me for not living closer and to contact him when I move there. Yeah, hell no.

They reached out to me and set up an initial phone interview. During the interview I was immediately asked if I was willing to relocate (I was currently based in the suburbs) I said "eventually, yes, but for right now I expect to commute". The interviewer then harped on the fact that she thought my commute was not feasible during "inclement weather", I told her this is really not her business how I choose to get to work and purely hypothetical considering this is a first phone interview. She then proceeded to tell me they "will not consider candidates outside of a one (1) hour commute". While their application did say "Applicants must reside within commuting distance of our office" what constitutes "commuting distance" however, is subjective. I continued to say, "again this is hypothetical and my problem I am not worried about crossing this bridge until and unless I get there" while I felt her becoming hostile with me over this. This felt inappropriate and not at all what I expected based on my conversation the day before. She then told me that if I move they would like to consider me. At this point I was turned off, I am not a public servant there is no reason or law requiring me to live within certain geographical limits. The conversation was beyond surreal and quickly took a discriminatory turn so I wished her well and we said goodbye. I was really excited when they reached out to me, and incredibly disappointed that someone would call me and put words in my mouth. Speaking for me was unprofessional especially when I had a call the day before to set up the interview and that issue was addressed then. They do not offer a relocation package at this time so it was a bit of a double standard expecting me to move before I have my financial situation in order (recent graduate) but then they offer no means to do that. I was willing to pay hell for a few months crashing on couches and connecting transportation to save money IN ORDER TO RELOCATE while working at a company I actually liked - that was my choice to make, not theirs. TL/DR: If you're in the suburbs you may as well live in Wollongong. I found this to be a highly unprofessional process that wildly overstepped its boundaries.