Magnum Marketing marketing scam, sales, Magnum Marketing Wayne, New Jersey

I graduated from college this past May (2009) and was job hunting all summer. About a month ago I saw a post on Monster.com for a "brand new" marketing company I had never heard of, now being new to the whole job search thing I was applying everywhere and figured I'll just go on as many interviews as I can mainly for the experience of the process. The Monster post used all the usual terminology..."entry level" "dedicated individuals" "team-oriented" "no experience necessary" pretty much every trite office-place term ever uttered. Again, I was new to the whole thing so I applied at about 1am one morning.  That same day around 9am my phone rings and its a girl "Maddy" from Human Resources asking me to come in for an interview at their new Wayne, NJ address. So of course I went and while sitting in the office I noticed a few things that made me wonder...I notice under the TV, stacks of DVDs (Training Day, Joe Dirt, Napoleon Dynamite, Showgirls), I just thought it was strange that in a professional setting, they would be stocked with R and low-level NC-17 movies. Then I hear "Maddy" answering the phones 3 different ways, first she answers as HR, then Marketing, then the front desk...I think, man this girl is quite the multi-tasker and I think she realized that I was paying attention and she starts telling me "Oh yea the girls for these departments all called out today, geez I'm gonna be swammped!" All the while we talked, everything she would say sounded rehearsed. I even asked her about the company, saying that I've never heard of it which then sent her into scripted tirade how she never finished college because she made so much money at their Cherry Hill office then was promoted and moved to northern jersey at this new office. It seemed like she wanted to keep me talking to distract me from the fact that my interview was at noon and at this point it was 12:40 and I was the only person in the waiting area.

After 50minutes I finally come face to face with KEN (the boss/owner/entrepreneur) who by the way never told me his last name the entire time I was there. What was supposed to be a 5-10minute interview to "put the face to the resume" became a 35minute sales pitch about how if I stick with the company after working in the "field", I could be rich. He mentioned starting in Cherry Hill, expanding his business and needing dedicated people to run these offices. He gave me way too much info for the first interview, he was basically trying to sell me the company even talking to me about compensation and the fact that I could potentially make 1600bucks my first week, and right there I went "this isn't right". Usually during an interview, the candidate does a majority of the talking. I spoke probably for a total of 5 minutes during the course of our meeting, Ken just kept talking and even if this was a legit company, I would have lost interest regardless.

Before I left he wanted me to come back the following week because I "had promise"...aka seemed to be buying the BS. Out of hundreds interviewed, I was one of the people that had promise which at that point, I knew this guy is trying way to hard to flatter me. As I walked out, the empty waiting room turned into an airport terminal, I could barely get to the door it was so crowded...I should have told them all to run.

I came home and did a little research, luckily I found this site and many others only to discover that my suspicions were correct and warranted. I quickly sent an email to the Front desk manager/Marketing coordinator/Director of Human Resources/Recruiter "Maddy" and told her I was not going to make the interview the following week and thanks anyway. I received 4-5 calls a few days before the 2nd interview and simply didn't pick up my phone, they knew why.

I just want to thank this site and everyone who's posted about this bogus ploy to sucker recent grads into a "profitable position". To any Undergraduate/Graduate reading this, hang in there! Don't settle, just keep punching and have some patience, it's worth waiting for the right opportunity. A week later, I applied for a job with Weichert Realty as a Recruiter working under the VP...I now have the job and am very happy. I should give "Maddy" a call and get some advice about the recruitment industry or maybe tell her a more effective way to sell a scam.