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This video is about the one question that will get you rejected from your Buzzfeed Interview.
Even though I'm saying what I'm saying, I have nothing against Buzzfeed.
I'm just telling you my experience of the whole interview process.
There was an opening for a Buzzfeed video intern and I was like hey I make videos so
why not intern for Buzzfeed.
Nobody likes Buzzfeed right now but you know it's a job.
Here's the application process.
Basically you apply online.
You have to input all your social media stats and you also have to write a cover letter
and you choose what's your favorite buzzfeed video.
If you choose a video from either the try guys or a nifity or tasty video I think it
was, you automatically get rejected.
In my opinion most buzzfeed videos are cringey you know other videos that I'm getting at.
You have to mention the really kind of obscure videos that no one ever mentions so I guess
my favorite would be this one about sleep and how there are different sleep cycles.
Along with the Buzzfeed application you also have to turn in a Buzzfeed styled video and
my video was about people 65 and older drink more coffee than millennials.
There wasn't a due date for the video so I kind of just worked on it in two days.
Filmed it, wrote the, script, edited it.
Not in that order.
Also you have to turn in your website with a bunch of your portfolio work.
Unfortunately, I don't have a website, but I already filmed the video.
Whatever I'm just going to turn this in without the website.
Instead of the website I'm just going to put in my youtube channel.
So, I did that turned it in.
Didn't expect to hear from them at all because I didn't have a website and I read on other
blogs and stuff like that that you did need to have a website and usually people got rejected
if you don't turn in a website.
Finally got an acceptance email after a month saying that I moved on to the next round and
this round was going to be a video interview.
They already had pre-set questions for this interview and basically I had to speak into
my webcam and answer these questions within a timed limit.
What's your favorite viral video and why do you think that video went viral.
Again, what's your favorite buzzfeed video.
Questions about yourself.
After a week or so I heard back from them again and they said that I made it to the
next round.
After that whole online experience you actually meet them in person.
It's actually not just one person, you're actually meeting 5 people and it kind of reminded
me of shark tank because you're kind of going into this room and you're facing 5 buzzfeed
employees.
Overall they were pretty nice.
They interview is pretty standard.
they ask you a lot about yourself and they also ask you a lot about what you know about
the internet.
I watch a lot of Gary Vee Gary Vaynurchuck.
I brought up a lot of the points the internet is the new television while television is
the new radio.
You also present your video so in this case it was the coffee video.
I'm about to present it but something goes wrong.
The link for that coffee video it doesn't work.
The recruiter he shows a different video of mine which is kind of weird I think but it's
one of my highest viewed videos.
It's actually a video I made for HuffPost.
It has over half a million views so I showed that to them and it was a facebook video actually
and he said something like yeah this video got a lot of views and its the reason why
she's here.
So, I was like what?
I had to log into my youtube and show them unlisted video.
They seemed very impressed with the video where I did all the editing which was the
coffee video.
There is one question that I failed at and I truly believe this is the reason why I got
rejected from Buzzfeed.
This is the one question that you cannot make a mistake on.
The question is are you a straight white male?
Your face was so funny.
It was like huh?
The question that you cannot make a mistake on is if you can make one type of content
for the rest of your life and be satisfied what type of content would that be.
This is exactly how I answered.
movies 100%.
The tone of the room kind of changed and I kind of felt like and sensed that everyone
was more kind of disinterested I guess.
It was kind of like a switch came on like eh this person isn't good.
The interview was over shortly after then and the recruiter came out with me and he
told me the next steps and he told me the mistake I made.
He said you're not allowed to be a straight.
The type of content you're supposed to be satisfied with isn't movies because what we
want is for you to be satisfied with forever not forever but it kind of basically sounded
like forever.
They wanted you to make buzzfeed videos.
Wow okay. he told me I messed up and I figured this was the last I was going to be hearing
from buzzfeed other than the rejection email.
That's for sure the one thing that I for sure know was a reason why I got rejected.
I mean obviously there are a number of other reasons that might have been a factor in my
rejection like maybe they just didn't like my personality.
Maybe I wasn't I didn't wear enough rainbow clothes and my hair wasn't dyed blue or anything.
That's the end of the video.
I will see you guys next time.
Stay psyched.