After my first application email I get this one line email, asking if I could go into their Ballard office to discuss the position. Exactly one line. No more information if it's a proper interview. No phone screening, no nothing, just come in. Which was strange.
I go in, meet with the owner and the account manager. They ask me about my work and tell me details about why they are hiring a Sr. designer. There were no proper design interview type questions asked, nor could I consider that to be an interview but I had gone mentally prepared that it could have been an interview. But since I wasn't interviewed by any of the design leads, I guess they literally called in in to 'discuss' the role.
After which I sent a standard courtesy email saying it was a pleasure to meet blah blah!
1. Who just sends a one line email calling someone in without a phone screening
2. They call someone in, because you desire to discuss the role f2f vs first screening over phone and determining whether they should call the person in?
3. After the meeting they say expect to hear back next week whether they will go ahead or not for interviews.
4. But then they dont email for two weeks. So I email to check in whether there is any update. So I expect some response, saying sorry we went ahead with someone else or sorry we will not be calling you for an interview or yeah it is still open we will get back with a decision soon, SOMETHING!
YOUR TIME MAY NOT BE VALUABLE BUT VALUE OTHER'S TIME! DON'T EXPECT THEM TO COME AT YOUR CALL, OH SORRY ONE LINE EMAIL AND THEN NOT RESPOND OR EMAIL AND JUST DISAPPEAR!
4. GET YOURSELVES A COMMUNICATIONS HEAD AND A RECRUITER, Clearly the owner nor the account manager have any idea of what they are doing