Candidatei-me por meio de uma agência de recrutamento. Fui entrevistado pela Irvine Partners em fev. de 2025
Entrevista
I had two interviews, meeting 4 people in total across the London and SA team. They clearly hadn’t put any thought into questions or prepared in any way - they seemed to struggle to come up with questions on the spot, and they also struggled to answer the questions I asked. It’s a very bad sign if the person in charge of an agency cannot tell you off the top of their head how many clients they have, and also concerning if they can’t sum up for you what sectors they are focusing on. In my first interview I was told they do ‘a bit of everything’ and in my second I was told with certainty that they are first and foremost a B2B agency. Clearly the London and SA team are not on the same page at all. I was not impressed by the interview process, and I felt that they wasted my time because of their obvious lack of preparation. Despite performing well in the interviews (I quickly got offered a second stage) I was ghosted - another example of unprofessionalism.
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If constant learning is important to you, what happens when you’re not learning?
Candidatei-me online. Fui entrevistado pela Irvine Partners em mai. de 2022
Entrevista
This was the most bizarre and horrible interview experience I've ever had. Rachel, the company's founder interviewed me. She was friendly, and the interview went very well. We got along so well that she suggested having an after-work drink and showing me around their office. In the meantime, they sent a nearly two hours test to me, which Rachel said, "It's just the procedure. Not a big deal for us, actually." The way she talked to me was giving every clue possible that she was already seriously considering recruiting me. Especially when she invited me to the office and drinks later. When I texted her on the day to remind our meeting, Rachel said that she forgot our meeting and we rescheduled. And the second time she didn't say anything and when I went there I couldn't find their entrance. I asked her how to get in and she said she forgot our meeting again and cut it just like that. I spent a great amount of my time twice, to meet her. She didn't reschedule the meeting, I also didn't hear any feedback about the test which took me two hours to complete on a Saturday. Well, as PR professionals, they should know better how to communicate and protect their image.
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Theoretical questions about pitching a story to media.