Marketing Intern — Candidate Assessment

How you think on your feet
is the interview.

Series HQ is a founder residency in Chelsea, NYC — a 12,000 sq ft space where early-stage founders work, eat, and build together. As a Marketing Intern you'll be on the ground making it run: present every morning, capturing content, planning events, keeping the community alive, and handling real operational moments with no script.

The Role in Plain Terms
Marketing Intern, Series

This isn't a "make decks and shadow people" internship. You'll be in the building every day doing real work — managing the morning, filming content, running events, and being the person founders actually interact with.

Morning — On-site by 9am. Greet every founder. Make sure food is right, space is set, no one is having a bad day silently.
Content & Video — Phone out, always. Capture HQ moments, founder stories, and events. Film and edit short-form video for social.
Events — Help plan and run dinner series, speaker nights, and pitch events. Logistics, invites, run-of-show, on-the-ground execution.
Community — Know who's in the space, what they're building, and make them feel like they belong. Check in guests, keep energy up.
Ops — Handle whatever comes up with no playbook. Budget constraints, vendor calls, last-minute pivots — this is a live operation.
How this assessment works
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Voice only, no typing. The mic turns on automatically when each question starts. There is no pause button and no way to stop recording mid-answer.
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Each question has a timer. When it hits zero, your answer locks and you move on automatically. You cannot go back.
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Submit when you're done. Finished before the timer? Hit Submit and it advances immediately. Don't wait.
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Pauses and filler are logged. Silences over 3 seconds get flagged in your transcript. Filler words are obvious in a voice recording. We will hear both.
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Don't try to Claude this. There is no version of typing a prompt into AI and reading it back that won't be completely obvious. The pauses alone give it away. We're listening for how you actually think — not how well you can recite.
Before you start
Use Chrome. This will not work in Safari or Firefox.
Find a quiet room. Background noise hurts transcription quality.
The timers are short on purpose. We want your instinct, not a polished answer.
Talk like you're already in the role. These are real situations — treat them that way.
Specific beats general. "I'd figure it out" is not an answer. What would you actually do?
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Mic check

Before we start, make sure your microphone is working. Hit the button below and say at least 3 words out loud — confirm they show up below before continuing.

Your words will appear here...
Question 1 of 5
2:00
remaining
Starting mic...
Speak now — your words will appear here...
0 words
Time's up — answer locked. Moving on...
⚠ Trouble hearing you — reconnecting your mic. Keep talking.
Keep talking until you're done, then submit.

Sending your responses...

✓

Assessment complete.

We know this format doesn't capture your voice the way a real conversation would.

That was intentional. Hopefully that didn't fuck up your flow! We like to see how people think during unique situations.

We'll be in touch. Thanks for applying _