I accepted an interview with one of these companies not really knowing too much about what I would be doing. I understood by looking at the website and reading the job description that I would be working with Professional Sports Teams and other big names and businesses, but after I went in for the interview found out it was nothing that was advertised.
So after 10 minutes at the first interview and getting invited back for an all day second interview, I was really excited to see all the ins and outs of what I would be doing. Thinking my second interview would involve sports teams because that was all that was talked about in my first interview, I was a little skeptical as I got taken door to door to try and sell companies office supplies. I was a collegiate athlete, I was looking for a company that works within the sports industry and to find out that we were going to walk around all day and promote office supplies was very dishonest!
I also found out at the end of the day that you don't get paid unless you sell something, which is really hard when only the business owner can make that decision because they were frequently not in.
The girl that took me on my interview was really nice so I don't want to use her name, I'm just really disgusted at their interviewing tactics and that they weren't more upfront with what they were doing. Don't tell me you work with sports clients and then walk me around selling staplers and copy paper.
Turns out I ended up interviewing at two others of these offices all that use the same interviewing tactics. So if you are looking for a job in sports, I would probably verify that they actually work with sports.
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