The (repeated) email, phone and in-person interview was a pedantic, ultimately pointless experience, The company president (who is married to the founder) is the point of contact. Leading up to the phone interview, I was repeatedly peppered with one vague question at a time, followed by a request to elaborate. The line of questioning mainly centered on what I had heard "in the market" about Capital Roundtable and if I thought what I had heard was accurate I responded falsely by telling her the company had a stellar reputation, which seemingly did the trick as far as filling the never-ending need for validation. They like to think highly of what they do, which is actually mediocre. The phone interview lasted a half-hour. I then got an email requesting I come in for an interview. Simple enough, but the email included another question: Could I please explain just why I had said I found Capital Roundtable appealing and interesting? I replied to confirm the in-person interview and also restated what I had answered in the phone interview. ANOTHER email followed: Could I explain what I brought to an organization in addition to experience and skill, like how would I describe my personality in the workplace. I responded with a bulleted list describing myself, ending the email back-forth in the definitive with "I will go into greater detail once we meet in-person. Until then..." The in-person interview went fine enough. There is a copyediting test--easy enough to be both harmless and insulting to the intelligence of anyone who can read or write closely. The interview was concluded with the request I follow up by writing ANOTHER email explaining what I enjoyed about the meeting and why Capital Roundtable is a good place to work, Little did I realize, the entire nauseating, cross-platform exercise--which amounted to little more than soothing a narcissistic need for approval--was about reach its insulting finale. Anyone could have seen it coming. I did as asked. The email I wrote, sent and immediately forgot about emphatically reinforced the puffery I had been practically led to answer and--of course--working at Capital Roundtable would be great, A week passed by before I noticed a response. It was a quasi-apology--they have been crazy busy, as I might well imagine, after all--but they are still far off from hiring, and might be for some time. I was asked to keep the door open. But, in the meantime, if I did not mind, could I email whatI liked about Capital Roundtable?