I waited a while before writing this interview review because it was such an upsetting experience that I didn’t want to relive. I spent roughly 60 hours on assignments, a dozen interviews, a lot of tailoring of documents and answering mandatory online questions. They should have to pay for the hours spent if their process is excessive, like established companies pay candidates. The position was in influencer marketing and it was so unorganized, disappointing and down-right unprofessional. The person who talks to candidates is in way over that their head. This person has no idea how to properly recruit and communicate with candidates. Like other reviews stated, if you want any type of answer or movement, you have to stalk the person who talks to candidates. This person would ghost me for a month at a time and, eventually, write back and say, “oh sorry”. No, this is not professional nor is it aligned with Bumble’s rhetoric. The process took months and was unnecessarily exhausting. At the end of the day, I took a lot away from this process and it’s making me go deeper into brands on my employer wish list. Bumble, company and app, is for a certain type – I’m not that type. The employees I met with were all very stuck up, not diverse and on their high horse. They really don’t have a conversation but rather make you beg to be part of their team. It was pretty humiliating. But with unemployment being what it is, employers have the upper hand and can treat candidates poorly. The influencer marketing world is small, we talk to each other. So, I found out that they basically led everyone to believe an offer was coming their way and it wasn’t. Who knows what actually happened to that role. All I know, from the news I’ve read, is that the brand is moving in a different direction, completely, and it’s the wrong direction. If you want to know about the process, it was: • Call with the person who talks to candidates • Interview with someone outside of the department (not sure why this was the first interview) • Speed interviews with 3 junior staff • Interview with the potential manager (they didn’t know who’d really be the manager) • Speed interviews with 3 others at the same level as the job posting