New Relic Account Executive interview experience

I was asked to prepare and submit a recorded presentation with ideas to solve the company’s problems, and I put in a lot of effort—about 20 hours—because I wanted to take the request seriously.

After I submitted the recording, I didn’t hear anything back from the hiring manager for over a month. That silence, combined with the fact that the task was unpaid, changed how the whole experience felt. It didn’t come across like a genuine evaluation of my thinking as much as a way to extract work from people who were hoping to get a chance.

By the time I did hear nothing, I’d already decided I