I applied online. I interviewed at Penguin Random House
Interview
They contacted me fairly quickly about an assessment. They wanted me to review one of their webpages and provide an assessment of it. I was then informed they would be in touch within two weeks. Unfortunately they missed their deadline even though I made mine. I was eventually told that I did not get the job. I hope they didn’t convince too many applicants to help them redesign their webpage for free. Overall it was a very poorly done process, and I feel gross that I provided free labor for a company that can’t follow their own instructions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Based on your assessment of this webpage, what optimizations or improvements come to mind?
I did not have the chance to interview but I am writing to share my poor experience with this place. They had me do an assignment and then I got an update a whole week later saying I was on a *waitlist*, yea that's how ridiculous this is, and that I would get an update TWO weeks later at the latest. Two weeks passed and no update. I had to reach out asking for an update and still nothing. *Insert colorful words here* poor job from the recruiter and hiring team. I hope karma bits back at these folks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They had me do free work, oops I mean an assignment regarding enhancing one of their web pages.
I applied online. I interviewed at Penguin Random House (New York, NY) in Jun 2019
Interview
Applied online and received an email from a recruiter to schedule a phone interview. I set up a time to speak with her and she never called me. We rescheduled the call for another date/time and she also never called me. I followed up via email hoping to reschedule it again and she never responded. Overall, it was a very unprofessional and disrespectful experience to me as I took time out of my work day both times to speak with her.