The first interview consisted in a video-call with a TA person. Unfortunately it was not a positive experience; she didn't introduce herself, jumped straight into the role and everything felt very rushed, probably because she wanted to get it done in 15 minutes sharp. She questioned my ability to do this job multiple times (I am not sure why I was even invited to the interview then?) and also refused to tell me what the salary range was unless I told her my expectations first. It felt like being inside a corporate toxic environment stereotype.

Sometimes you think someone is transparent with you and you wanna believe what they are saying is the truth. But the odd part is when someone is manipulative and shady the whole time. Had a great process or so I thought and then they offered a position lower than the one that we had talked about, don't trust a word that they say. They never intended on actually offering the position that that had posted or interviewed me for, when asked for an explanation, they said that the higher ups are all about math and this was how they felt all along, but your the top candidate. Can't trust anything from them