Years ago, when Vangst was just a few employees, I interviewed to be a recruiter. After an initial interview, I was told they wanted to make an offer, but weren't yet in a position to do so from a funding perspective. In the meantime, I was asked to come help the founder and another recruiter run an all day hiring event, unpaid, under the guise that this would lead to a full time role in the near to immediate future. After a full day of free work, it never did. I was sent an email later saying they still weren't in a position to hire someone after all, and would be in touch. They never were, and I was never offered compensation. Pretty gross.