After submitting my resume on glassdoor and indeed, the Farmers recruiter called me, and we set up a face to face interview at Farmers. I was asked basic interview questions, it was a friendly environment for a job interview.

Online screening, two video calls, background check, four paragraph assignment that is esentially another application with basic questions like: describe your history, how does your experience transfer to the role, how do you market yourself, why do you want to work here (standard questions really). However, my interviews felt more like interrogations and manipulation. I was described and rated on my intelligence based on my screening, and the interviewer was weird. They made multiple comments that were jabs at my experience and my personality; I don't need validation because I know what I bring to the table, but it felt like the interviewer was trying to put me down and convince me that I was lucky to have made it that far in their process. Needless to say, I will not be accepting the position especially since they also want you to pay for your own background check that you only get reimbursed for on condition. In this job market, I don't know who is paying for the mere chance they might get a job.