This review needs to be titled, "Bullet Gladly Dodged!" ... Let me start off by saying, I have been successfully employed for the past 15 years. In my current job, as well as my previous, I too was tasked with hiring certain positions. I'm aware of how the typical interview process works. The process at Bridgestreet started off not so bad... but just got more and more strange after each stage... After the first interview I checked Glassdoor, and wonder of wonders after its all said and done, EVERY negative review was pretty SPOT on, and it's so clear that the good reviews were falsely placed there by the company to even out the negative average. Anyway, I had three interviews and was about to have a presentation in front of a panel when I was bluntly emailed that they would not be moving forward with my application. That's it! No explanation... nothing further. My initial conversation went well, but each time I passed a stage, the HR contact would try to give me tips on how to impress the interviewer to get to the next stage. This was a red flag for me. After my second interview, I was told that my next step would be to present the company in a mock sell presentation. This seemed so very strange to me! But, I went along with it. However, when the HR contact called me back, instead of setting up the presentation, I was told that I needed to speak to ye another person..."He's the head guy and REALLY tough!" I was told. (ok... so STRANGE! I could understand if a recruiter was giving me advice, but this was an HR employee for the company!) She also gave me some more crazy news... they would not allow me to present to the panel from my home location, as they previously said would be totally fine. I was told the "Sr. VP preferred I come to the office for the day." What? The company knew I was currently employed and could not afford to take the entire day off to travel down 3.5 hours away from home, for a job after 3 interviews, and no inkling that I would get the job! I politely emailed HR back and explained that I understand the Sr. VP would prefer I come, but I am in no position to make such a trip at the time, and I'd be happy to do it remotely as previously agreed upon. Please see my interview questions, to view more on how ridiculous this process went.
