First round: The recruiter I initially interviewed with was (by far) the most disorganized, unprofessional person I’ve ever come across in an interview scenario over my 10+ year career. -She continually mispronounced my name, even after I corrected her - as in, completely disregarded the fact that I told her how to pronounce my name and just barreled on (and this is a common name- not remotely difficult name to pronounce). -She also came across a the “used car salesman” type, slimy corporate recruiter -She emailed 3 days after the initial screening to set up another interview. I schedule for the following day. We get less than 45 seconds into her opening; I stop her because she’s giving me the same overview pitch she gave on our first call. Here are the highlights: Me: “Do you know we’ve already talked?” Her: “Well, I don’t remember. I talk to 10 people a day.” Me: “I just talked to you Thursday?” Her: “Ohh… I think they knocked you out because you’re not qualified.” Me: “You literally told me at the end of the call I had the perfect qualifications for the role, like they wrote the job description for me. I’ve had multiple years experience in the platform you use. I sent you my portfolio and live samples. You were checking on the salary flexibility b/c it’s below the range I’m looking for.” Her: “I never got an email from you.” (I check my sent folder, verify the email - which was correct. She spends a few minutes fumbling, trying to figure out who I am). “Ohh… you sent it from an iPhone, that’s what you did wrong. It went to my spam. Ok, I’ve got it.” Me: 🤨 Her: “Well, good for you being sneaky and throwing another interview on my calendar.” Me: “Uhh… you emailed ME asking for another interview?” I should’ve just told her to forget it right there. Second round: However, I will say: they moved me over to another recruiter automatically, who was very pleasant and responsive. My second interview was with a gentleman who would be on my potential team. He was lovely and asked great questions. No negative feedback on the second round (but I got the sense the team was heavily under-resourced). I received an email the day after my second interview to set up a third round interview, which - get this - consisted of FOUR separate 45-minute interviews. I had to re-read the email because I thought I misunderstood. Fortunately, I’d just accepted a job offer with another company so I removed myself from the third round immediately. You’d need to be paying about $40K more than you are to be requiring that granular of an examination. If you cannot determine that someone is a good fit from a traditional interview process, then you’re 1.) not asking the right questions and 2.) not selecting the right people to run the interview. Yikes.