Human Rights Campaign Interview Questions
& Process

There are two rounds in the interview process. The first round is a general behavioral interview that focuses on assessing culture fit. You'll be asked about your top choice for program placement, so make sure you know what each program offers. If you pass this stage, you'll proceed to interview directly with your prospective team. Each interview will have at least two staff members, but it's not meant to be overwhelming. The second round is more intimidating and will be specific to your qualifications and the position itself.

I applied online and heard back about 2 weeks later. We set up a 30-min phone interview for the next week. We chatted about the company's beginnings, the role, and what the company needs. I also shared my thoughts on what the organization stands for and how they help the community. After I sent my answers, I was told they'd be in touch about a final virtual interview with a panel. The panel interview was a week later. It seemed to go well, and everyone asked good questions. They also learned more about me, my history, what I've done, and where I want my career to go. After the interview, they said they'd decide in the next week and I should watch for a response. Sadly, a week or two went by and I never heard anything. So, I guess they picked someone else. The process was fine until they ghosted me. It would be way better and more professional if companies actually communicated with candidates, win or lose, instead of leaving them hanging.

I applied for a position at HRC and had several interviews within just a couple of weeks. All of the interviews seemed to go very well, and the folks I spoke with were all terrific. In each case, they said they would be in touch very soon about the next stage, and were extremely positive and encouraging. After my final interview, they told me they’d be back in touch by the end of the month with a decision. I did not hear back. I sent a follow-up email and received a friendly and encouraging response apologizing for the delay and promising to let me know about next steps very soon. A month went by and again I did not hear back. Finally I sent one last email explaining that I was extremely interested in the job but had a time crunch because of another offer and was just hoping to find out where things stood with my application. Again, I did not hear back. I have been a leader in the LGBTQ community for many years and a long-time admirer of HRC’s work, so this was a tremendously important and exciting opportunity to me. Their handling of the interview process was disrespectful. It would have been fine just not to respond to my application or even to never follow up after my interviews — but to promise over and over that they would contact me within set timeframes about next steps and repeatedly fail to do so is inexcusable. It is unfortunate (but not surprising) that HRC treats employment applications like Grindr messages.

The interview process was extremely disappointing. I originally had a phone interview, and immediately followed up with another phone interview with one of the senior supervisors, and then a group interview. I went through multiple rounds fairly quickly (within a two week span) just to not hear back from them for months and recently receive a rejection letter. It seems like the HRC's M.O. is to take their candidates through multiple rounds and pretend like they value our time, just to ghost us and never hear back from them again until months later. It's not cool and very disappointing to be quite honest. I expected more from a company who knows how hard it is to be a POC and a part of the LGBTQ+ community in the average work force, and to do better than these other companies.