After applying, I was contacted for a phone interview with a PM. This interview consisted mostly of answering questions about my background, my interest in PM, and behavioral questions. Following that interview, I was given a take home assignment (creating a PRD). I was then invited in for an in-person interview where I met the PM along with 4 other people that I would be working with. Two of the interviewers clearly were not prepped for my interview and had never seen my resume (and didn't have a copy of mine either), so the entire interview was spent explaining to them what I do. Another interviewer was sizing me up and asking pointed questions like, "So... is that what you really do..?". The other interviewers were super great/nice. In hindsight, the interview process overall felt like a giant waste of time. From the beginning of the interview process, I made it clear to my interviewers that I have 0 experience in the news industry and would have a potential interest in it. Even though I made this clear, and was ultimately the reason why I got denied, they kept moving me forward in the interview process. If a burning passion for the news industry is 100% a requirement, then just let go of candidates early in the process, instead of leading them on. A passion for news is a no brainer and makes sense, but if it's an issue, let that be known instead of wasting everyone's time.

I had four interviews with different members of the team, and the whole process took about a month and a half. They asked about my previous experience in the entertainment industry and presented common production scenarios, asking how I would handle them as a production manager.