Applied for the position online and was contacted by a recruiter five weeks later. Interviewed with them two months after applying. The first interview asked me all about myself and my experience. The recruiter asked me about my salary expectations but said they did not have the salary information and would provide salary range information at the formal interview stage. That would be the first recruiter not to have salary information for a position that was posted two months prior. Red Flag.
In my formal interview which was seven weeks after I first applied, I was asked 20 questions in rapid succession and while they were voraciously taking notes. The "interview" felt more like an intellectual property mind grab on how to plan virtual events vs. actually getting to know me. In the end, they left maybe two -minutes for me to ask a couple of questions and they had a hard stop.
I reached out to the recruiter again about the salary range and they never responded. They never circled back and I saw the position posted over and over again for the next couple of months. Many red flags all around.
To Exponent - per California's Equal Pay Act - AB 168 / AB 2282 - employers are required to provide candidates a pay range for a prospective job, upon request. It is a misdemeanor to violate this law and not share this information. After two full interviews, that is a reasonable request. This is a red flag to candidates that you do not provide this information upfront.