I had to take 2 aptitude and personality tests. After I suppose passing them I was setup for a phone interview. The phone interview went well except for interviewer complaining about her staff being order takers and not being proactive. The interviewer didn't like that she had to review the work because of the group passing subpar work. Seemed odd to take shots at her current team while speaking to a prospective team member. I brought up my web development background and was told it would be an asset because of the current developers being swamped. That was nice to hear. Then I was told they would set up a face to face interview. A few days later I received an email from a HR rep the previous interviewer wanting me to take a design test. I was upset because if we once went over my portfolio this wouldn't have been necessary. Either this is just the process or they didn't believe my portfolio. I was given a 4 hour time limit to complete the following. The test involved making an infographic with data points about flooding. Also for extra credit and for experienced only(the exact language used) I was asked to create a landing page. It needed to include a header, hero image, feature of the infographic, as well as a short form leading them to the donation. Copy was provided for the infographic but not the extra credit. If I'm a candidate that is being judged for a design position provide all the copy. I'm not a copywriter. Completed the task and then was contacted for a face to face. I had a 1:1 interview with a senior graphic designer I previously spoke with over the phone. We never went over my portfolio. Having an interview and not going over my portfolio makes no sense. The only thing we went over was the website I made that was extra credit. She liked it but had some critiques. Now I understand receiving criticism but receiving it on something I didn't have to do seemed weird to focus on. The interviewer didn't like that an animation didn't fire. I opened up the dev tools and double checked and saw the classes were correct and refreshed the page and they fired correctly. I didn't bring up the 4 hour time limit but I did an illustrated infographic and a coded landing page in that time frame. And the only critique was about the part I didn't have to do. Then the conversation went into how the interviewer liked being asked by higher management to do work for them. The interviewer talked about being asked to make something and being able to submit it to a magazine since it happened for them. I've never had an interviewer brag about themselves before. It was brought up that two designers leaving and was told that the company moving caused a lot of attrition. Then the interviewer implied that her senior level happened because of this. The interviewer also told me about aspirations about moving up in the company and wanting to move on from the current group they are responsible for. Then the interviewer began to take shots at the team again. It was mentioned that its hard to sign off on designs because of lack of time. I asked how are you helping them get better to avoid having to do this so often. The response was I don't have time. Ok? Behind us were designs of landing pages and I brought up what we talked about on the phone. The chances of me working on that changed. That didn't seem like that was going to happen. Then I was told that the interviewer wanted people to just design their butts off. Ok? We never went over my portfolio. I've never had that happen before. Ever. The interview wasn't organized and could tell the interview hasn't done many or is just poor at conducting them. It was awful to hear the interviewer taking shots at the team they are responsible for. That person has no faith in them and seems to feel they are just babysitting them. If I was offered a position I would have rejected it solely because the person in charge seemed liked a bad fit.