Had a 45minutes initial call with the hiring manager on a saturday afternoon and it was pleasant. Virtual with the hiring manager, another manager and director in the call. It was relatively straightforward and felt like I am just answering their questions on their list. It wasn't really a conversation but to answer them questions. One of the manager looks disinterested from the start and spoke in a condescending tone. --------------------------------------------------------------- I have no idea why must he nitpick on salary during the first interview and being asked to justify my salary, then ask to indicate the lowest i can accept. I also told him that I am working for a rigid traditional company at the moment among other questions but the interviewer likes to add in his own remarks, then say he has a solution to solve things and then grin to himself. Generally it was a pleasant interview but there are some parts where the interviewer felt like he is trying to show off that he is "smart" and look down on interviewee and it made the whole interview unnecessarily long and awkward.