This was one of the first 'graduate' positions I applied for in my job search and so was naively delighted when I got a call the very next day inviting me for an interview. I did think it a bit odd that the lady who phoned was really trying to sell the job to me, telling me about opportunities for swift career development and international travel opportunities without actually stating what exactly the job was. I was offered an interview the next working day and decided to go even just for interview practice. Interview was very short and quite informal, I thought I did quite well, and when I was asked to come in the following day for an assessment day I agreed. I did a quick glassdoor search on FYI that night and alarm bells started to ring when I seen all the negative reviews but decided to stay optimistic and thought maybe the job didn't suit everyone. Well I wish I had never bothered. Me and the other 'successful applicants' were asked to be at the office for 9am in professional dress. We signed a document to say we agreed not to be paid for our time. The day started 45 minutes late. We were each allocated a 'mentor' for the day and told we would witness a working day first hand. There was no mention of walking long distances in the invitation email. I wore heels as I deemed this appropriate 'professional dress'. My mentor kindly suggested 'we could get the bus the rest of the way as I couldn't walk in my shoes'. Multiple times I asked where exactly we were going, what exactly the job was, and each time my question was deflected by stories about how 'cool' this company was to work for, how much money he was making (but without mentioning a figure), and how I would do so well at it because 'I was obviously smart as I had went to uni' (I thought it was a graduate* role?) Basically I spent the rest of the day sat in a coffee shop while the mentor I was allocated disappeared for hours at a time, only returning to instruct me to write primary school-level lists of types of marketing, and to convince me that he had been having a really successful day making sales. He talked me through the business model, or rather, tried to sell it to me using buzzword phrases like 'you'll be running the show' and 'paid trips to New York'. I didn't buy any of it. As others have said, something just felt very shady and underhand about the entire thing. I decided it was a waste of my time, so I got up and left. And I'm glad I did, because when I came out onto the street I seen the 'mentor' standing selling talk talk at the train station! Total waste of time and it's actually quite insulting to be treated like such an idiot.