Penguin Random House interview questions

The first step was an HR interview that was fairly straightforward, after that I was set up to have an interview with members of the creative team a week later. The interview with the creative team was an 45 min- 1 hour long, and they talked to me about what they liked in my portfolio, details of the job, and I asked them questions about their background and how they started working with the company. I was told that the next step was that Creative Directors would be reviewing to make the final decision. This was an interview with the Avery TarcherPerigree division.

Extremely poor communication and lack of organization at every stage. Applied in mid-September and didn’t hear from a recruiter until two weeks later, via a form response to schedule a phone screen. Interviewing with recruiter and both hiring managers took two more weeks. I then sent in an edit test and the position was abruptly put on hold a few days later. After another full month with no update, I received a form rejection email from HR. I have never had to follow up this much during an interview process, only to receive so little information of any kind. Not just lack of feedback, but lack of transparency in general. I did not feel treated with respect as a candidate during this process. Although I was originally quite interested in the role (and my experience was a strong fit) I don’t think I would have accepted an offer after this.