Their Director of Recruiting reached out to me and scheduled a call for a Senior Recruiter opening. It seemed interesting, given that they bill themselves as a cutting-edge tech recruitment agency who only hires the "top 2%."
The interviewer – their senior-most employee after the founder, mind you! – came to the interview late, hadn't reviewed my profile, took a phone call in the middle of the interview, and was generally disinterested. It was startlingly unprofessional.
At the end of the call, she let me know she was extremely excited to move forward! So much so, in fact, that she solicited my availability for a call that same day for a meeting with their founder. I didn't have time, so opted for the next day instead. In the interim, I was told I should be receiving a "test" and reference request.
I shared my availability and waited until the end of the week, receiving no updates. I then received a template rejection from a no-reply handle.
I followed up with the director looking for clarification, and was ghosted. I then checked on LI and saw that the person whom I'd spoken to had quit. It was clear that she hadn't been let go, as she had already started at a new, more senior role elsewhere.
I followed up directly with the founder, who "apologized" for the experience and let me know she'd check with the team and get back to me soon.
I waited two weeks and was, of course, ghosted. I followed up with the founder to see whether she'd bother to respond. She curtly let me know that the role in question – that of a recruiter at a recruiting agency – was no longer open.
This is of course false, given that they have multiple postings on their careers page. It was abundantly clear from the glib email (not even including a simple sign-off or any acknowledgement of the generally farcical nature of the experience), that the issue was the founder's complete disinterest in actually participating in the company's activities. The tone of the message was both condescending – "I appreciate your eagerness" ! – and overtly dismissive. As if I were the one who had wasted her time!
Of the many processes I've run myself or been apart of as a candidate, this was surely the most incompetent.
I have actually never left a negative review of this nature before, because, of course, everyone is human, has bad days, etc. I'm sure I've run poor interviews or dropped the ball with a candidate.
But the fact that this company bills itself as the "best of the best" – the "top 2%" of recruiters – and takes money from folks on that precedent really rubs me the wrong way. That they double down on this with podcasts and blogs all over their site purporting to advise others in the industry on trade secrets and best practices genuinely verges on the absurd. It's clearly a scam.
If you're a potential employee or, worse, a potential client, steer well clear. This company is a joke.
