Paley Center For Media Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process is pretty standard for the entertainment industry. They start by asking why you are there. They asked a lot of scenario-based questions about how you handle conflicts, find creative solutions, and manage your responsibilities. They also asked about what content you've been consuming.

I had a 30-minute chat with an HR person. They were nice but didn't ask much about my job, duties, or why I want this role. They also didn't know why there are so many openings or what other jobs are in the department. I mostly talked about my experience while they chatted about a TV show related to my field.

I had an initial phone interview and then was invited for an in-person interview with the head of HR. The head of HR greeted me, mentioned an emergency, and sent me to her assistant. The assistant was nice and professional, but I never saw the head of HR again. It seemed like the top HR person decided I wasn't worth interviewing. If the Paley Center runs their business this unprofessionally and possibly discriminatorily, I'm glad I'm not joining them. It was a very disappointing experience.

HR contacted me about two weeks after I applied to schedule a phone interview, though she was nearly half an hour late. The call itself was fine, and I was invited for an in-person meeting the following week. The two people I met with in person were also at least 15 minutes late. The week after that, I was asked back for more in-person meetings (this is now four weeks after my initial application). The day before the third round of in-person interviews, I got an email to reschedule. The next week, another email came asking to reschedule again for the following week, but without a specific day or time. I followed up twice asking about the reschedule and never got a response. I'm not sure why there were so many delays and reschedules, or why people are consistently 15-30 minutes late for meetings. It would have been helpful to get a clear answer – if they decided to go with someone else, if they liked me but weren't ready to hire, or anything else. It's really frustrating as a candidate to spend hours on calls and in-person meetings and then get no resolution. Such a waste of time. It seems there are internal organizational issues and staffing problems, and management is unprofessional with a disorganized hiring process.