They emailed me at 10:30 AM asking for a phone interview and provided three-time options. One was at 11:45 which gave me no time to prepare, so I selected the 2:00 PM time so I could review their website and prepare. The phone interview was short and the person I spoke to said a lot of very kind things about my design portfolio. He didn't say much about the position, and when I asked questions he didn't know the answers. He then explained that to get a Zoom interview I needed to do a design test, which is something I am not comfortable with because early in my career I discovered a small agency used my "logo design test" as work for their real client, a nearby restaurant. Despite my bad gut feeling and prior experience, I did the test. The test was creating an ad for an allegedly fake fashion designer, and they provided six images you had to use. The parameters of the test didn't really match up for me. I have 13 years of experience in design, and if I was testing someone I would want to know they know how to make a printer-ready file, so I'd give bleed info for the document. They didn't, and they asked for a print file in pixels not inches. It almost seemed like they didn't know what they were talking about and when I asked questions to get clarification, they never responded. I did the test to the best of my ability and got back a very copied and pasted-response saying I did not get the job. It's okay if I didn't get the job or if it was not an aesthetic fit, but their lack of responses to my very logical questions followed by a copy-and-paste rejection made me feel like they were just looking for some free work. If I could give them advice, it would be to do a design test after a Zoom interview. If you don't have time to give feedback for the test, that's okay but you should craft your own rejection letter because I'm questioning the authenticity of the whole company now.