You're Hired!
Grey Area
O is for Ogilvy
Team McKenna
Team Madison
Team Jess
FINAL JEOPARDY
100
This Ogilvy office had the most accepted offers, with a staggering 115 hires.
Ogilvy New York
100
This consumer goods giant has been Grey's longest-standing client, with a relationship spanning over 60 years and many household brands.
What is P&G?
100
David Ogilvy's famous declaration of an agency's primary purpose: "We ____, or else.
What is Sell
100
Maude's favorite TV show is Le Bureau. You may know it by this name...
What is The Office
100
Don't just adopt best practices, this person may tell you to adopt from your local animal shelter!
Who is Madison?
100
This recruiters favorite movie is Ferris Bueller's Day Off...Speaking of day off, their Masters degree in HR Management would position them well to design a vacation policy.
Who is Jamiel?
100
This company was co-founded in 2012 by Daniel Chait and Jon Stross
What is Greenhouse?
200
This department recorded 30 accepted offers, making it the second most active after Creative.
Account/Client Services
200
Grey developed the memorable "Baby" commercials for this online brokerage and financial services company
What is E-Trade
200
This influential book by David Ogilvy, published in 1963, became a foundational text for many in the advertising industry
"Confessions of an Advertising Man"
200
This 2013 play, Confession of a Teenage Cyberqueen, was written by what team member?
Who is Lindsay Joy?
200
Hail to the President! This Jayhawk was once President of the Kansas University Advertising Club.
Who is Heather?
200
Have we met before? This recruiter studied Political Science at UMass-Amherst, my hometown!
Who is Stacey?
200
Billy Madison, Cruel Intentions, and Good Will Hunting were filmed in what city?
What is Toronto?
300
This employment type makes up the second-largest category of hires, often seen in creative roles and specific projects.
What is Temporary?
300
The year Grey Advertising was originally founded in New York City. Its year is the movie title for a war movie famously filmed in one continuous shot.
What is 1917?
300
This long-standing Ogilvy client launched its "Real Beauty" campaign, which has been widely praised for challenging traditional beauty standards
What is Dove
300
An Indiana Jones in our midst! This recruiter was an archeology student who spent nine weeks doing prehistoric cave, Roman city, and Roman necropolis excavations
Who is Cecelia?
300
No wonder she can manage all those applications. They were an award winner in the Management school at Clemson University.
Who is Maddy?
300
A real trail blazer...you might catch this person watching their favorite NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers.
Who is Tess?
300
This strategic process involves marketing an organization as an ideal place to work, focusing on a company's culture, values, and overall employee experience to attract and retain top talent.
What is Employer Branding?
400
This Ogilvy recruiter has viewed more than 7300 profiles on LinkedIn recruiter in 2025, the most at Ogilvy globally. More than 3000 more than the next highest!
Who is Stacey Harel?
400
Initially, Grey specialized in direct mail advertising, particularly for this industry.
What is Fashion?
400
This legendary Ogilvy executive served as Worldwide CEO from 1996 to 2008, overseeing significant global expansion and guiding the agency into the new millennium.
Who is Shelly Lazarus
400
This team member could have starred on Below Deck, as they once used their people skills as a deckhand, sailing the Atlantic and entertaining tourists
Who is Kim?
400
Need help with a job description? Ask this Creative Writing major with a degree from NC State.
Who is Adam?
400
Master of Spin? This is colleague was once a recruiter for Soul Cycle!
Who is Lacey?
400
Coined by McKinsey & Company in 1997, this term describes the intense competition for highly skilled managerial and professional employees, emphasizing the need for robust talent acquisition and retention strategies.
What is "The War for Talent"?
500
The number 704,914 represents what in our instance of Greenhouse?
What is the number of candidate applications
500
The agency was named "Grey" because of the color of this item in its first small office
What is the Wallpaper?
500
This two-word concept, coined by David Ogilvy, describes the continuous pursuit of improvement and challenging the status quo within the agency.
Divine Discontent
500
They can teach you a thing or two...this TA member was once a teaching assistant for a college class on Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Thinking
Who is Mckenna?
500
Mind Games? This colleague loves reading psychological thrillers including one of her favorites, If You Tell a Lie.
Who is Amy Carton?
500
No one would describe them as a Mean Girl, but the 2003 movie was filmed at this person's high school
Who is Jess?
500
This account manager turned copywriter, from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, handed in his pencil for a microphone....and reached the top 10 on the Billboard 100 in 2018.
Who is Dave Burd? aka Lil' Dicky