Edelman interview questions

Ghosted after giving in-person presentation! Words can’t express how disappointing my experience with Edelman was. I was genuinely excited about this role and invested significant time and effort to give myself the best possible chance of getting it. My initial screening call with the talent team went very well. I received positive feedback, and they told me my CV aligned closely with the role. I was then invited to a first-stage interview, which was also promising. After that, I was assigned a substantial task to complete, quite a heavy ask for a mid-to-late £30K role. Since I work a 9-5, I had to sacrifice an entire weekend to complete it. I presented the task in person at the London office on a Monday. Despite some nerves, the presentation went well. On Wednesday, I received an email from the talent team saying the team “enjoyed” meeting me and “enjoyed” the presentation. They asked about my availability for a follow-up call on Friday. I responded promptly, but Friday came and went with no call. I emailed to say I understood if they had forgotten, but asked to reschedule for Monday as I was eager for feedback. Completely reasonable if you ask me after putting so much time and energy into the task. Monday passed, no response. I followed up again on Tuesday but this time reached out to the person who interviewed me. No response. I emailed the talent team again on Wednesday. Three’s a charm, still nothing. Shortly after, I noticed they had reposted the job advert on LinkedIn. That felt really good! I’m baffled by how poorly candidates can be treated, especially in a job market as competitive and challenging as this. I spent hours preparing for the task and presentation. The least they could do was sparing me 10 minutes even if the outcome wasn’t what I wanted. But yeah really professional well done guys!

To get the interview I had to work some connections, from there I had a promising conversation with the hiring manager. However, after reaching out multiple times I finally got a response saying they went with someone else.