I applied for a Marketing Specialist position and was confused about Lloyds hiring process at first.
It wasn't until I interviewed with the staff that they all informed me "the owner has his hands in all projects involved in the company." And just like that, a little red micromanaging flag went off in my head as the rest of the interview process all began to make sense and fall into place.
Throughout the 5 hours I was there testing, interviewing, and touring Lloyd Industries it was dead quiet.
All the testing looked like it was made up by the owner/engineer test other engineers coming in.
Yet he's using this one way test to measure the entire employee staff coming in.
During the testing process for a Marketing Specialist position;
-They tested me on a PC when my industry uses Mac OSX.
-They made me write out a few sentences in cursive, then again in english/print.
-They had me read through several lines of copy, spotting the difference on each line.
-They gave me a printed email and said to spot/fix any mistakes I as I found them.
-They gave me math test ranging from basic arithmetic to 4 digit multiplication and decibel problems.
When I asked "what skills would an applicant would need to be successful in this Marketing Specialist role" their answer was a blan generic "we want someone who can be flexible, someone who can wear many hats, someone who can learn as the business changes...blah blah, blah."
They used the phrase " Art Director" a few times as well as being the only one in the department. They also mentioned the person in this role would be taking over all print, web, and social media marketing projects and film projects throughout the company. They mentioned they need a serious rebranding this year since its been 20years overdue. (It definitely looked 1992 for being 2019)
All this work and they only offered $40k/year! Thats $20/hour to basically be the only person in their non existing "marketing department" with all the responsibilities of rebranding the companies print, web, and video marketing.
A lot of things didn't line up for this role.
What they were looking for was not in alignment with what they were offering.