Long story short this company seems scammy. I received an email from them saying they were looking for Digital Project Managers. At first I thought I had applied and they were responding to my application but they weren’t on the list of companies I applied to. It was weird because I’ve had several companies reach out to me but it’s only been through LinkedIn, they never emailed directly. But I Googled the company and it looked legit so I said I’m interested and I received a job brief and directions to schedule a first meeting. Now the job brief said it was hourly pay and they were looking for 40hrs but the hourly pay rate would’ve put this job over $100k a year which was kind of a flag because most Associate Creative PM roles max out at $75k but I figured I’d at least get through the first interview. However the interview was held over chat. I had to create an account with a company called Lark which is a major program companies use for internal communication and it was overkill to me because I then had to add their employee so they could chat with me. Like why not use Slack and send me an invite? Anyway I couldn’t figure out the program so I wasn’t sure if I added them right but at 6pm EST I saw they had replied and I sent a message apologizing for missing them assuming we’d pick things up the next day but they did reply and said the interview could start now. I figured it’d be 20-30 minutes tops so I accepted but it took TWO HOURS. I assumed it’d be a pre-screening interview but it felt more like a technical interview, you know interview 2 out of 3. Typing out my answers took a while and I felt rushed to now give too much detail and at one point they disappeared for 20 minutes. If that wasn’t strange enough another flag was they said I’d have to purchase a second phone and iPad Pro which they’d reimburse once I do but why not just send me one? Why do I have to pay for it? The other PM roles I’ve been interviewing for said they’d give me money for any tech needed, not reimburse me after. The whole thing was super sketch. Oh but the best part is I was told they’d follow up the next day and they completely ghosted me. But, honestly, the thing I feel most bad for is they asked for references and I gave them 2 and now I’m worried they added them to some sketchy spam marketing list or something.