Literati Interview Questions
& Process

My interview process began with an illustration-based creative brief, after which I had five interviews with Literati starting with the hiring manager and working my way up with my final interview with the CEO. Each interview was around 30 minutes and honestly felt more like a conversation than an interview. I was asked mostly standard questions with a few tossed in there that made me think for a moment. My interviews each gave me a pretty good sense of what the company environment and culture are like.

It was a simple phone call with the recruiter, then a take-home assignment. The assignment was given on Friday and was due Monday. I had to cancel my family visit to stay home and work on it. After that, I had an hour-long interview on Monday. The next day, I got an email saying they decided to go in a different direction, without any specific feedback. While everyone was nice, I think it would have been more polite to call a candidate after giving them a long take-home assignment and interviewing them for an hour, just to let them know they weren't selected.

I applied online for this EA role on LinkedIn after seeing the posting. I've been looking for a new role for about a year after losing my job at another tech company at the start of COVID-19. This role seemed like a great fit for my background. I researched the company and found good reviews. I was contacted quickly after applying and was really excited about the opportunity. I had two interviews total, the initial screening call and then a meeting with someone I'd potentially work with. I felt good about both interviews, and the communication was prompt and respectful up until the end of the second interview. They said I'd hear back in 1-2 business days. Those days passed and I heard nothing, which was confusing because we'd discussed the timeline. I then saw the same EA position posted again on LinkedIn as 'open' after it had been closed during my interview process. They mentioned they were in final rounds and needed to fill it urgently, which felt concerning. It had been a weekend and two days since I'd heard from them. I sent a follow-up email asking for an update, and then waited a full day without a response. Finally, I received a generic rejection email. I was really disappointed, especially since I had to follow up to get a impersonal response, and they had ghosted me again when I asked for feedback. I feel like this process was a waste of time and left me feeling dejected.

I was given a couple of writing tasks to check how well I can match the brand voice and switch between different writing jobs. They got back to me quickly and scheduled more interviews in just a few days. I talked to several different people at the company, and everyone was nice, seemed interested, and really wanted to find the right person for the job.