Contacted by a recruiting firm. Given the job description for a management position. Had phone interview with hiring manager. Researched company and prepared Action Plan in prep for my onsite. Got to the interview, had lunch with the hiring manager, we clicked nicely - we reviewed my action plan etc. The job in fact was not for a manager PMO, but a project manager with the possibility of moving into that role once established. The manager told me at lunch, she already knew she would get feedback from certain interviewers about having enough Agile experience - and she hears that from one or two of them a lot. Please keep in mind, it was what Macys.com considers to be Agile. She told me not to worry about that. I then, interviewed with 3 current employees. Two interviews went fairly well, One was very painful to get through. Her response to my answers was, "Then what", Then what. So much of this went on I almost felt I needed to insert, "Then I went to the bathroom", "Then I flossed my teeth. I finally asked of her, what is it your needing to pull out of me? I want to make sure I am correctly addressing your questions. She then said to me, I want to determine your Agile experience. This interviewer had a very hard time understanding that sprints can be of different duration based on the work, desire of the product owner, priority. She seemed stuck that because I had managed 30 day sprints, I wasn't going to be able to handle 2 week sprints as they do at Macys. She also was surprised in that in my last role and many roles before that I managed several different initiatives, using different methodologies, under different roles. This seemed forgein to her. She wants to move into Program Management, and I wish her a lot of luck with that. Perhaps after a few years under her belt, she will be able to understand that at times, you can play a multitude of roles with multiple priorities, different sponsors w/different deliverables. "Real World".