I applied online. I interviewed at OpenGov in Jan 2026
Interview
Very chaotic and unprofessional energy throughout. I was scheduled for a 30 min screen with a recruiter and it went for an hour. While very nice person, they did not know how to manage an interview. She spent a good 15/20 min talking through the company, their work, etc. Incredibly poor time management on her part. Did not once ask me if I was good on time as we went over by an entire 30 minutes. Her questions were incredibly elementary, a lot of time spent on asking me definitions of words I said or incredibly detailed asks on the org structure of my current post. Which I was happy to provide but didn't see the connection to how that would be helpful to assess my fit with the role. 2nd Call was with a peer. He clearly has never run an interview process before because after leading some small talk, he didn't know how to begin the process without making it awkward. Which normally I would let slide but I quickly realized I would have to lead the question/prompts as the interviewee. Overall it didn't seem he know what he wanted to get out of our conversation which was clear to see from the questions he was asking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you approach becoming the 2nd mind of leadership you're working with.