Peter Marino Architect Interview Questions
& Process

The interview went smoothly, lasting about 20 minutes. I spoke with the HR person in charge. They reviewed my resume, asked about my past experiences, and I answered some interview questions. I was told I'd hear back within a week to a week and a half via email. As of now, I haven't received any communication from the company's HR department. I did send a follow-up email a couple of weeks later, but still no response about my application status.

I was nervous going into this interview thinking it would be a "Devil Wears Prada" situation, but it was not at all. It's a pretty laid back, quiet and easy going place. The woman who interviewed me was friendly and sweet if in a bit of a disarray. She did most of the talking, asking few questions. I had to interject with my relevant experience. I'm not even sure she had a good handle on the job I was interviewing for. For an interview that I was highly anticipating, I left very disappointed about the firm. It seems that the interior designers have few technical skills and the way their custom work was described to me it seems to be derivative of other people's work. I also got the feeling the interiors side isn't well respected by the architects. Another red flag for me was the "dear leader" almost cult-like adulation for Peter Marino that came across in the interview. I understand of course he's a great designer but I was turned off by this.

I was interviewed twice, and both times went really well. It felt like there wasn't great communication between the interviewers (who were architects) and HR, as I ended up answering a lot of the same questions multiple times. HR then reached out to discuss benefits, which seemed very promising, but ultimately I was ghosted without an offer. Overall, it was a positive experience, and I think I would have liked working there.

So a head-hunter reached out to me about this role, and I had to go in for an interview before I even knew who the company was. The process was pretty straightforward: first, I talked to the head-hunter who gave me some tips on polishing my resume. Then, I had an interview with a senior person in 3D, followed by an interview with a senior architect.