Received an email to schedule a phone screen. I scheduled it then received an email a few days later to move it up because things were moving faster. I was fine with that. Rescheduled a call and had the most awkward phone interview of my life. The person I spoke to was extremely awkward and then just asked questions like "what are you bad at?" Lots of awkward pauses and silences.
How about you tell me about the role and what you need, and I tell you about how I can meet your needs?
The next step was completing an assessment to complete, which was basically a test of certain situations as emails and then responding to them like I would if in the role. I was invited for another interview. The person who I did not enjoy speaking to on the phone asked if I could meet via zoom the next day. I wasn't able to and then he wanted to meet the following night at 10?! I didn't reply and then he asked if I was still available to interview in the morning. I'm not interested in interviewing at 10pm just because you are in a pinch. The more I thought about it: If they didn't have an interest in really knowing me now, or being flexible with my schedule, what would it be like working there? I decided I didn't want to find out. I think Hack Reactor could be interesting if in the right role- but working for this person did not leave a good feeling.
