Writing sample only, no face-to-face interview. I was asked to write a 1500 word article on insomnia using the company’s guidelines. I was given keywords and links to include. I finished it within a week.
I applied online. I interviewed at OneCare Media (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2022
Interview
I was contacted by email and asked to submit a trial article as a content writer. I did the work 4 days ahead of the deadline. A week later, I get an email saying I was dropped from consideration because I didn't do the trial. I contacted my only contact and heard nothing. It wasn't until at least 2 weeks later that I contacted her superior and asked what happened. I got an immediate response, saying "sorry" and was passed to the next level, which was a paid trial. Again, I did it about 3-4 days ahead of the deadline. It has been nearly 3 weeks. I have heard nothing, even when I asked for verification that my information had been received. I again contacted her superior. Nothing. Now, I have done 2 articles, including one I was supposed to get paid for. The moment of my first contact for the job until now has been 5-6 weeks. I would personally never have treated any potential employee or contract person so poorly and have no idea what to think about this company moving forward.
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Question 1
Nothing really. They wasted hours of my time in what has been an incredibly poor experience for me.
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