MSNBC Interview Questions
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The initial communication with the team was good, but then things became disorganized. The interview process was excessively long, involving numerous interviews. The recruitment team was inefficient with scheduling, and there was a lack of clarity regarding the future growth of the role.

I applied for a news assistant job and things got messed up from the start. The HR person emailed me using the wrong name, like, my friend's name, to set up an interview. When I showed up at 30 Rock, the HR person seemed to zone out while I talked about my resume. Then, the HR person walked me to meet an editor, but the editor wasn't even in the New York office. Whoops! After saying sorry, the HR person sent me away. I tried to follow up about rescheduling with the editor by email, but no dice. So I reached out to the recruiter who set me up. They said HR would contact me about what's next, but then nothing happened and the process just died.

I went through three interview rounds, with a writing assignment in between. The recruiter was really helpful and responsive. After the three rounds, hiring plans were delayed again in NYC due to Omicron, which might be why I didn't get an offer. A few weeks later, the same recruiter connected me to a similar job, getting the hiring manager to let me skip the first two interview rounds and the writing task. The writing task was a typical test to see if I could write for TV; it was straightforward but took a lot of time because it involved monitoring the news all day to include the latest information in my stories. I then interviewed with another hiring manager who was also nice. But after that, everyone, including the recruiter, went silent for two months. I finally received a rejection letter just as I was about to accept another job offer.

The interview process was not well-organized. There were supposed to be 3 interviews, but one got cancelled at the last minute. The whole experience was pretty casual, mostly just introductions after an initial phone interview. There weren't many real questions, more like a discussion. I also had to complete a test where I had to write headlines and summaries for video clips, and do some editing.