I applied online. I interviewed at Public Interest Network (Boston, MA)
Interview
Complicated questions that asked about politics I did not know to research before and was not given headups about. The interviewer was kind, but seemed uptight and very particular about the person they wanted to fill the role.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Public Interest Network (Chicago, IL)
Interview
Process consists of a series of short answer assignments about your interests and thoughts on certain political issues, followed by an interview with a mid-level employee, and then a senior-level employee. First interview was great, covering all bases, while in the second interview it felt like the interviewee was uninterested, unprepared, and trying to ask "gotcha questions" with no right answer.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Public Interest Network (Denver, CO) in Jan 2025
Interview
3 Interviews (over 5 hours) - No Offer - 1 Boilerplate Rejection Email
In short, these folks are looking for a martyr. Doing my due diligence, I checked them out on Glassdoor first and made sure to ask about work/life balance and pay structure after seeing the 3/5 rating. 2nd and 3rd interviewers told me that they don't believe in work/life balance at all and "just don't think about it". I expected low pay from a nonprofit, but what I didn't expect was an org that is run like a boot factory from 1943.
In addition to abysmal pay for a metro Denver job, the office is terribly situated downtown and they still require admin workers to be in office 5 days a week (which seems particularly off-brand for an environmental non-profit).
It's sad to think of all the great workers they could recruit if they updated their business practices and culture, but, for now they seem to sticking to the churn and burn model.