After an initial phone interview, I was given the weekend to complete an Excel assessment, and after sending it over, scheduled for an in-person interview later that week. I interviewed with five managers - they were all very pleasant to chat with and focused either on resume/life experience questions or case study questions.

Originally, I applied for a position directly through their website. Within two days, a recruiter reached out to me by email. She said that although the position was filled, she thought my resume was a great match for a campaign analyst position that they had open. She wanted to schedule a phone interview. I agreed to this time and date. I also made it clear in my cover letter that I was moving to SoCal within the upcoming weeks. She emails me back and goes “one last thing, are you currently located in Irvine?” I responded and told her I would be within the next few weeks, but could come in for an interview at any time, and would pay for my plane ticket out. She didn’t reply after this. Two days later, I had a phone interview with her. Immediately when she called, you could tell from her tone she was not interested in speaking with me, and wanted the interview done as fast as possible. Mind you, she is the one that thought my resume was a good match for the position and suggested that I interview for it. The phone screen maybe lasted 12 minutes. She did not bother telling me anything about the benefits of working there, and was more fixated on the address that I was moving to in Irvine, and why I chose that area to live. It was a complete waste of time. I was discriminated against being an out of state candidate. I’m not sure why stating that you would pay the cost of a plane ticket to interview at a company is a bad thing, but it was to this recruiter.