Unprofessional and rude. I was shortlisted for the role Junior Behavioural Analyst and was asked to complete a few tasks during the Easter Holidays. I had to put together three ideas for potential case studies as well as a writing sample. They decided not to move forward with my application and I perfectly understand that they may have preferred other candidates. I kindly asked for feedback on my work and my email was ignored. I followed up three working days later and was ignored again. If you are not willing to provide feedback, do not ask for written tasks. I can’t believe I was literally ghosted, especially considering that I spent my Easter Holidays working on what they had requested. Honestly, do not waste your time applying, if this is how they treat candidates, I wonder what kind of respect they hold for their employees. One would think that in the context of a pandemic people would be kind to each other. Apparently I was mistaken.

Had an initial phone conversation literally about 10mins after I applied which then set in motion 2 interview and a written test. To be quite honest I was really dreading the interviews as it was a bit of a jump from my current job field and I was expecting a super introspective interview considering the company Canvas8 is. But both interviews felt super relaxed and enjoyable, I had engaging conversations with Sam and Chris in regards to my career history, my long-term goals, different brand strategies amongst many other things. The writing task was tricky but that was due to the pressures I put on myself as a content writer aha and over thinking it but it was great being able to discuss and go through my thought processes with Chris. Both him, Sam and Jess have been fantastic throughout the whole process and truly gave me an insight into the company culture. Every time I went to the office I was greeted well by the wider team too, considering I was nervous and decided to walk it from Old Street instead of taking the bus to Clerkenwell aha. I always thought even if it ended at an interview stage at least I got to have a few number of engaging conversations, however, I have now accepted an offer from the team and look forward to joining them in the coming weeks.