The interview was very unprofessional. I don’t know if my interviewer was having a bad day, but frankly it wouldn’t change my perspective on the experience. Let me start with the beginning and the end. In the beginning, my interviewer was 10-15 minutes late. He ended the interview with, and I QUOTE: “I hate to be that guy, but I am very busy and I probably won’t respond to you when you want me to. I am good about checking my email, but I’m not OCD about it.” First of all, why would an interviewer say this? It came off as incredibly rude and insinuated I was a waste of time. There are nicer, more professional ways to establish expectations. Second of all, I would advise any and all recruiters to be aware of what they say—you just really never know who you are talking to. Using OCD as an adjective is really belittling and dismissive of one of the most clinically debilitating mental disorders, that I happen to have. I have suffered from clinical OCD for 20 years, and it’s really disheartening to have it used to describe something—anything—that is not actually related to the disorder… It only serves to further the misunderstanding and stigma around it. Sure this is a soap box, but I feel pretty passionately about it. The middle was full of borderline invasive questions. He didn’t really ask me about my experience, qualifications, or anything of that nature. He was hyper fixated on my reason for leaving my current job. Fair, but I explained it as succinctly and honestly as I could and he just wouldn’t move on. I mentioned wanting a company that invests in its employees and it’s own values, and I was asked for an example of investing in employees. I said for example, paternity leave, or at least more PTO to compensate for a lack thereof. I was met with the response: “well proposal writers work until the work is done, so you might not be able to take vacation when you want.” O….Kay.