Complaint Review: Allure Marketing Group - New York

 This is one of those other marketing groups that I have read was apparently a scam. I had just went through their interview. It was not much of an interview at all to be quite honest. She discussed a three interview process and asked what days I would be available for if I was considered for a second interview. I told her Wednesday (this first interview was conducted Monday) and she said 'okay'. The person that e-mailed me to schedule an interview appointment, lets call her M, and the person that interviewed me under a different name, lets call her A, sounded exactly the same on the phone. I will get to that soon.

But first, I had just finished an 'interview' with them and I decided to research more on their company. I did do research on them before the interview, but not a thorough one. All I did was look up their website and read everything they had to say on their website. So I started looking up more information on them. The reviews were alarming. It screams 'scam' at the top of its lungs all over. Just then my phone rings and it's Allure Marketing Group getting back to me on how I have just been accepted for a second interview and asked if I would be available for Tuesday. She told me she was the e-mailer M, but she sounded a lot like the lady that interviewed me, A. l told her 'no' but she sounded so insistant I told her I would be available on Wednesday. She immedietely went on to assume and bluntly ask if my Tuesday was set for a second interview for another place. I told her no, and that I just had a busy schedule on that day and I had already set many other appointments that day that I would like to keep. She then started questioning me in a much more heated tone saying something along the lines of "then why would you keep appointments that haven't guaranteed you a job like we have?" (mind you, considering this was apparently a three step process interview, their second interview guaranteed me nothing but a wasted 8 hours following around one of their employees for my entire Tuesday. Yes, that was their idea of a second interview). This was already stepping over boundaries the second she became so inquisitive of how I preferred to spend my Tuesday, on a very personal level. I found it quite fishy, she sounded almost desperate and definetely unprofessional. I have been through a couple interviews, and have had to turn down some, but never, until her, did I experience such a level of unprofessionalism from a recruiter, as for her to have stepped over the boundaries of work and someone else's personal life. She then threatened me, asking 'Then should I ask other qualified candidates to take your position?'. I could hear the anger in her voice. I was tired and I just read alarming reviews on this 'firm', group, or whatever they'd like to refer to their scam as. So I told her 'that's okay' as in, go ahead. I don't mind passing on this job. I mean, I do mind that some unlucky person is going to waste 8 hours of their Tuesday for little to no guarantee on anything while I have been enlightened on the matter a lot earlier. But that's why I am reporting this group. Something is fishy. She at first expressed confusion "what?" and I explained that I didn't mind passing up the offer, and it went quiet on her side for a long time. I was still planning to say a formal good-bye to be courtious but the silence caused a bit of confusion. "Hello?" I asked. Then I heard the phone click.