Phone interview a day or so after applying. Interviewer offers me a class screening the next day and in-person interview after. I couldn't make it to the screening on that date, but she said it was fine and didn't reschedule that.
She shows up 10-15 minutes late to the interview. Didn't apologize. She didn''t introduce herself, so I make the first move. To start things off, she told me she was originally going to dismiss me as a candidate because of a job I had listed on my resumé, and asked if it was "just something had to do to make money". Then asked why I decided to work there. That was extremely unsettling and set a really weird tone for the rest of the interview. I assured her that it was the best job I've ever had and that I loved the work I did.
She also asked unreasonably invasive questions, mostly about my transportation.
We made our way to the classroom area and she asked me to dance to some music.
Then she asked me to sing a song. I decided to sing the Hokey Pokey, to incorporate movement. After I finish, she asks me to sing something that will "show her more of my voice". I finish and she asks if I've seen The Sound of Music, and tells me to sing Do Re Mi.
She didn't tell me it was going to be a physically interactive interview, which made it difficult for me because I had to dance, sing, and demonstrate activities with a pencil skirt and heels on.
Besides the prior harassment, one of the worst parts of the interview was that she talked over me the whole time, didn't let me give full answers, or finish asking her questions. She came across as underprepared, prying, and completely uninterested in me from the start. It seemed as though she thought I was wasting her time.
I've never felt this degree of aloofness and preconceived bias in an interview.
It sucks because, prior to the interview, I was absolutely thrilled for this opportunity.
Some things are too good to be true.
