The interview process was 2+ months long. It was the longest interview process ever with little to no communication from the recruiter. There was an initial phone screen with the recruiter (who wrote down the wrong time for the interview, leaving me to wait an hour), an google meet video interview with the hiring manager and two other managers/directors from the Principal and Major Gifts team, a writing and research task, and another google meet video interview with senior team members from the Principal and Major Gifts team. The hiring manager and members of the team made nasty faces at me when I answered the questions. Even if I didn't answer how they wanted, they could have maintained a poker face. They gave off an energy that they were stuck up and not very friendly. In the interviews and phone screening, they mostly asked the same questions using different words which was wasting time and effort on both of our ends. They wanted to know how I prioritize projects/tasks, how I deal with heavy workloads, and how I promote diversity, equity and inclusion. As a person from a marginalized background, I was curious about how the Principal and Major Gifts team promotes diversity outside of just hiring marginalized people to do all the grunt work for whyte people. They were silent about how they promote diversity within their team which was very telling. It wasn't until a whyte manager chimed in and talked about their racial data equity project which basically is just them collecting data on people of color so they can use that information to advertise to us. I found this insulting especially when Planned Parenthood is all about diversity, equity, and inclusion, and people of color have a history of being used and taken advantage of, especially financially. On top of this, the recruiter was horrible at communicating the timeline and it reflected terribly on the organization. It was a horrible experience as a person of color with other intersecting marginalized backgrounds.
