I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Jump Ramp (New York, NY)
Interview
I have never come across a more unprofessional company in my career. Instead of calling this process an "interview," they should rename it "slave labor."
I understand in the film industry some employers want to test you on your ability. Usually, this is in the form of a one hour edit test. Not at Jump Ramp. They want to pretend they are hiring you, take you through the motions of a hiring process, just so you can work for free with no intention of bringing you aboard after. Which BTW, how is this company even legal? It's a gambling app. What a great contribution to society.
Over the span of 3 days, after a rigorous interview, I was asked to come in and work for free, TWICE. This included lugging all my personal equipment into NYC at my own expense.
The CEO is actually an alum of my college and never had I felt ashamed to share such an experience with someone. So much for brotherhood. He treated me like I was beneath him from the second I walked in his office. Here I am, providing my skillset for free. I should have been paid my dayrate for the workload I provided, producing/shooting a livestream with their talent on facebook. I wasn't even given a lunch break for an 8+ hour day.
After all was said and done, I was told I did a great job, and would be provided feedback regardless of an offer.
::crickets::
Here we are, eons later, and I have never received any feedback for my work, let alone a thank you for going above and beyond what is normally expected of a candidate.
Under any other circumstance, I wouldn't have thought twice about the feedback promise. Recruiters are busy focusing on filling a role. HOWEVER, when you treat me as an unpaid intern for 2 days straight, that goes out the window. My payment is feedback and it's damn sure over 30 days late.
This company had ZERO intentions of hiring me. They just exploited the fact that I was on the other side of the table, the candidate seeking work who will do what he must to get the job.
A gigantic waste of my time and resources. Please STAY FAR AWAY from this joke of an organization.
My only satisfaction is knowing if they treat CANDIDATES in this fashion, being an employee must SUCK.