Marathon Strategies Interview Questions
& Process

I had a virtual interview. They let me know within a week that I wouldn't be moving forward. I talked to one team member and the HR person via email. The interviewer was really nice and easy to talk to.

So the interview process here felt kinda real at first, but then it got super weird, like uncanny valley weird. I always take these things seriously, but from the start, something felt off about the process and the people, which made me hesitate. Despite the bad Glassdoor reviews and searching the Founder online, I kept going. I applied and then waited for weeks to hear back, they blamed it on Teams issues. When the first interview was finally scheduled a couple weeks later, it got pushed back two weeks on the morning of. They also switched out the executive I was supposed to talk to. The call itself was super rushed, only about 20 minutes because Teams kept disconnecting, like three times, and then it just ended abruptly. After that, I was asked to do this long exercise about how I'd handle a made-up situation. This took me two days to draft, edit, and perfect. I got asked back for a second interview a couple of weeks later. That went fine, but the person I spoke with didn't seem to have any real say in the process or know what the next steps were. Two weeks after that, I sent a polite email for an update and still haven't heard back. It's been even longer now. The job posting is gone too, so who knows what that means. Honestly, I feel like I really dodged a bullet. It's a shame to waste so much time and effort with no HR contact, no idea of the hiring timeline, no clear hiring manager or who should be interviewing, no consistent way to reply to candidates who've done two interviews and an exercise, and no real sign they even care about the applicant experience. For people who communicate for a living, they should have a better process.

I had a first round interview and was asked a couple weeks later to complete a media case study. The organization offered a second round interview but did not schedule anything and only provided the answer requesting I provide my availability for an interview in response to the multiple follow-up emails I sent over the course of two months. At one point after several weeks of silence I asked if they had moved on to other candidates and was told that I was still in the running. I'm not sure if the issue is the organization itself or the hiring coordinator but the process I went through was unprofessional and frustrating. It seems like a waste of time to apply for a position with them.

I had two interviews, and also had to complete an online case study in between. They were really inflexible with scheduling, only giving me one day's notice for the interviews. The second interview was with a senior team member, and they seemed uninterested, constantly checking the clock. They asked me the exact same questions in both interviews. After that, there was complete silence for weeks, and they didn't even respond to a follow-up email I sent about a week later.