When Clueless Agencies Play Product People
Every once in a while, you come across a so-called "tech company" that puts out a job ad for a Project Manager — and what they really want is a UI/UX/Product/Tech Unicorn that works for peanuts, builds full platforms solo, and reads minds. For free. In four hours.
Let’s be brutally honest:
These firms have zero idea what a Project Manager does.
They think PM = Product Manager = Designer = UX = UI = Developer = Customer Support.
Because why not dump all responsibilities on one person and call it "lean"?
They show off shiny websites and throw around big brand names like Nestlé and Coca-Cola as if they led global launches — in reality, they probably slapped a social post together for someone’s intern. Total smoke and mirrors.
Then comes the cherry: they give a test assignment.
A "simple" one. Just a full mobile app prototype with multi-user logic, wallet systems, job flows, promotions, and design. "Shouldn’t take more than 4 hours."
FOUR. HOURS.
If you think a proper clickable prototype with coherent feature logic, consistent UI, and mapped UX paths is something you can squeeze out of one person in a few hours — you shouldn't be hiring. You should go back to school and learn what a fckng product team is.
And the salary? Don’t even get me started.
They want 10+ years of experience, cross-functional expertise, senior leadership, strategy skills, and execution power… for the price of an intern and a coffee.
It’s insulting.
But the absolute best part? The feedback.
A masterpiece of nothingness ....
As if the candidate just forgot how apps work — not like they had to build an entire product from scratch in a weekend.
No constructive input, no recognition of context, no respect for time.
This isn’t how you find talent. This is how you repel it.
So to any serious professionals out there:
Avoid companies that treat recruitment as outsourcing.
If they can’t define roles, respect your time, or provide feedback with a shred of insight — you’re not walking into a team.
You’re walking into a circus run by amateurs who don’t know the difference between UX and Excel.
19. juni 2025
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