The New Group interview questions

I am giving this experience overall "no opinion" because it was a mix of good and I would say more agitating than "bad." Overall, in my opinion this place sort of knows what they want. It was time consuming, and in the end a slight waste of my time because they reached out to me first (I didn't apply). Let me explain: The CEO reached out to me via LinkedIn and the process started from there. I had two phone interviews followed by a face to face with about five people for a couple of hours. So, far we are at three interviews total. This was followed by a final interview, which was a presentation to the senior staff including the CEO, partners, etc. According to TNG it was a mock presentation to expand upon digital experiences and ideas for a client (real or fake I am not sure...but it was possibly based off a recent RFP they came across). In other words, they wanted to see how a candidate would lead a project and see an approach used. I went against my better judgement and presented a deck to them, which they asked for after (a digital copy). It was a typical agency interview process at first with that presentation to top it off. The production and account team's going through re-structuring so the role would essentially be a digital producer/account manger. In total this spanned over about a month and was about 5-6 hours total.

The interview was set up panel-style, but only a few participants spoke during it, so it seemed the other people were only there to listen in. Overall, the interview itself was awkward: there was open disagreement between the parties about how the upcoming re-org was going to pan out in terms of the department positions/structure; a couple people said this wouldn't be a job, but a lifestyle; one person said they were not looking for people who need a job. However, everyone was friendly and they seemed committed to finding a candidate who would be a good fit for the culture. Based on the interview, I was no longer interested in the position. However, post-interview, I sent thank you messages and a follow up email, per standard business etiquette. I received a reply that they were conducting several other interviews and would be in touch. They never got in touch. From what I've read in other posts about TNG interviews, this is not unusual.