I never intended on fully applying to this role, but after I received an email from recruiting that I should, I decided to bite the bullet. To my surprise, I was actually contacted for an interview. I was really caught off guard by the vibe of the meeting, it was not comfortable or conversational in the slightest, which I was already put off by. I was asked mainly difficult questions that were not really about the job responsibilities itself. I somehow managed to make it past that stage and reached the final interview. It was with 3 people, including 1 person I had already been interviewed by. The vibe of this meeting was also weird. It truly felt like an interrogation, not a conversation. In my experience, this always means I am not moving forward, which I feel is a blessing because I don't want to work with people who are not culturally my fit. Advice to hiring teams at LEE: don't think because you ask complex and long questions that you'll find the best candidates, if anything, you'll simply find the best performers.
