VSA Partners, LLC Senior Designer interview questions

I was contacted by HR about an open senior designer role. I accepted and sent over my portfolio. I did an initial screening phone interview with HR that covered the basics of the company. Got a 2nd interview scheduled with a creative director who had NO interest in the interview right from the beginning . He was obviously working on stuff while not clearly answering my questions since he wasn’t paying attention. I was only asked to talk through a random project of my choice, and I could literally see he wasn’t listening. He also cut the interview short due to a “scheduling conflict”. Then at the end I was told I’ll interview with another CD but was ghosted. Seemed like they already had a candidate in mind and there was some missing communication between HR and the team. Disappointed because I was excited for the opportunity after seeing their work but just felt used.

Before covid, living out of state, my first few interviews were online. They asked me questions about how I felt I'd fit into the role and left me lots of room to ask questions about what I'd be doing each day. I was sure to tell them how strong my drive was and I think they dug that. Got an in person interview after 3 interviews like that. The in person interview took nearly all day where I met most of my team. I was offered the job in the next few days.