Candidates applying for Design roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Gretchen Scott Designs overall takes an average of 6 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Gretchen Scott Designs as a Design according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 67%
Phone interview: 33%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Gretchen Scott Designs
Interview
I worked on a trial basis. After several days of working from 9am to 6:30pm we agreed that it would not work for either one of us. I liked the product and the atmosphere very much. However the expectations are unrealistic. What really bothered me is, that I never got paid - neither for my time nor for travel expenses.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Gretchen Scott Designs (Mount Vernon, NY)
Interview
The position I came to interview for was not what the company was actually looking for - someone posted the wrong information in the ad. The interview was like a loopy ride on a malfunctioning rollercoaster.
I met with the designer/owner, who had no interest in my portfolio and never looked at it. She instead gave me a very informative top-to-bottom tour of the facility, which I though was very interesting and inspiring from a small business perspective. Yes, there was a happy looking dog roaming around (wet from rain, knocking things over with its wagging tail).
Following a lengthy conversation with topics ranging from travel to Alan Cummings, I also had the opportunity to see how the design team works together and their interactions with the designer. This part was extremely awkward and uncomfortable, to the point that I very nearly walked out. One of the graphic artists was obviously disliked by the designer and was (silently) on the receiving end of a barrage of personal insults throughout my time there. I can only assume that what I saw was kinder than what happens away from the eyes of strangers, and if nothing else had been wrong with the interview process, this was the reason I would never work this company.
The interview process wasn't especially organized. There was a girl interviewing me who seemed pretty nice but I soon learned she had just started working there a couple months earlier. I learned why they were in need of new employees when I met the owner. The girl in charge of interviewing had given me a small "project" to work on when the owner came over and started giving me extra work...like the amount that would take a full day to complete, then went over and started yelling at one of her designers. At that point I almost got up and left because she clearly does not respect her employees.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to fix a terrible, unsuccessful design that they hadn't been able to do anything with for a year or two in less than an hour