In the beginning, the interview process was great. Had a 30 min phone interview with a recruiter. Then received an assignment. The assignment was to send out an interview confirmation email. Super easy since I did scheduling at a large company for 2 years.
Afterwards, there was a video interview with a manager. Instantly once we got on the video call, the manager was stuttering, almost seeming surprised to see who was behind the resume and the assignment. We continued and chatted. She asked basic questions, but it seemed like she didn’t believe the high load of interview requests I was doing per day. Making statements like, “are you sure, um wow.” She also asked what my former bosses would say about me, she continued to repeat at least twice, “we do reference checks, um just saying, we do reference checks.” It seemed as if she didn’t believe my bosses would say good things about me. As I asked questions at the end of the interview, she began checking her inbox & typing on her laptop.
The respect just wasn’t there and I believe they want to keep the company as little as diverse as possible, even if you are an overqualified minority. Barely 2 hours later, the rejection email was sitting in my inbox, with the manager barely needing to think if she wanted me on the team. The answer was on her face right when the interview began.
