I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Blue Bear Creative
Interview
After completing two interviews and a PowerPoint, I was left hanging for around a month and a half before hearing I was "their second choice" if another interviewee didn't work out. With such a rigorous interview process and long wait time, I decided I didn't want to work for them when they came back because their #1 choice didn't work out.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Blue Bear Creative (Denver, CO) in Sep 2022
Interview
I reached the fourth round of interviews, considering I was assigned a second test project after completing a phone interview, a copywriting exercise, and a panel video interview. Blue Bear waited for a minimum of a week between each step listed above. I'm sure they would've dragged things out even more if I didn't make it my policy to follow up on their silence after 6-8 business days. Glacial pace aside, everything seemed to be going great -- they heaped praise on me during the third round video call and stressed that my second assignment was strictly voluntary, despite springing it on me in the meeting. I (foolishly) insisted on making them 100% confident in my fit. They ghosted me. I never even got a confirmation email after sending through my latest project; nothing from BBC in almost three weeks (I sent a follow-up email four days ago). All it would've taken was a two-sentence template response to give me some closure after all the effort I put in. Instead, their unprofessionalism speaks volumes. To cheer me up, my fiancee and roommate collaborated on a perfect new name for the agency. It even preserves their acronym: Blue Balls Creative.
I applied online. I interviewed at Blue Bear Creative (Denver, CO)
Interview
I saw the post on their website so I applied on their site. I received an email back saying they were interested in me. After that we scheduled a phone call where we had the first round interview. This was as far as I made it, but it was explained that I would go to a second round interview with more people, and finally a design test that would be similar to the work they do to see if I fit in.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical design questions. How do you manage multiple projects at once? Tell us about a time you had a client ask you something you didn't think was a good design idea and how you dealt with it?