I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Marvel Architects in Jun 2025
Interview
Had a Zoom interview first, then an in-person interview a week later. Was given a surprise Revit pop quiz on paper (who does that nowadays?!?), which was stressful because the software wasn't in front of me (and unexpected because the job posting also did not emphasize Revit is required; it was only "preferred"). One of the two interviewers was looking at Teams messages while I was presenting work and still critiqued the projects I presented and what they would have done or presented differently. This interviewer seemed blasé and disinterested from the start. It felt unfair, biased, and just plainly rude to a Junior Designer candidate. They didn't really give a chance to properly introduce myself and had made unsubstantiated assumptions and unfair comparisons about my former company. We closed the interview very abruptly with a quick office tour as they both had meetings to attend. When I asked what next steps were, they said they were unsure about hiring because it's changing "day-to-day" (a week prior, they had told me they were "cautiously optimistic"), which reflected somewhat negatively about their understanding of what their current staffing needs are. Ghosted me after following up twice after the in-person interview.
Interviewers’ primary goal seemed to be to convey their superiority as designers. Barely let me explain my project or thought process before they jumped in to tell me why I was wrong or how they would have done it differently. Strange approach for a junior designer interview and did not make me want to work there at all.
I interviewed at Marvel Architects (New York, NY) in Mar 2023
Interview
Went through the portfolio and one project that we thought was strong, as well as aspirations and goals for joining the team. It was very much a standard interview for an intern position.