The process seemed normal. Initial email to ask about availability for teams call - great. Confirmed. Had the teams call with HR. Very professional and quite easy going. Good back and forth chat, asking relevant questions, as you would expect. Informed next step would be a call with CEO. Date and time confirmed via teams again. No show for interview. Phoned office number I was able to find and previous meeting running late - fair, however you would think a quick teams message or email would have been the thing to do, instead of having someone wait in teams call “lobby” for 15 minutes. Once on call, it was a bit hectic and rushed. However again, only I guess second stage of this interview process? So wasn’t sure what the normal procedure was. After getting through this with CEO, I was invited through for a face to face interview. I’m not really sure how to describe that experience if I’m honest. I was prepared with relevant examples of experiences that would show I would be a good fit for the role, however I was asked questions that I can only describe as irrelevant. Very bizarrely what my parents did for work and if they had education to degree level. I’m not sure how that would be at all important to an account manager role, which in fairness did sound a bit more like cold calling and chasing folk rather than liaising with customers or finding own leads through proper research. I will admit, given that I had three separate interactions with the company, probably totalling 3-4 hours and travel, it was rather disappointing to then receive a standard “unsuccessful” template email the same day, rather than any feedback or explanation as to what they were looking for and why I would not fit into the position. I cannot fault the HR manager I spoke with, very nice and personable, however CEO experience was rather confusing and honestly the most bizarre interview experience I have had.

The interview was a first video call with HR just talk through the role and your qualifications. The second stage was an in person interview with the founder and CEO Luigi. I have never experienced a level of unprofessionalism like I have in this interview the first question being - why didn't you go to uni ? He then was dismissive and rude about my work history And that set the tone for the whole conversation. Honestly it was like he was trying to make me feel uncomfortable, not really what I would describe as a 'culture' check. This interview was one huge red flag and an experience I would never want to repeat. He said he wants trying to 'sell it to me ' and he absolutely achieved that goal.