I went through a referral. The recruiter reached out to me and then asked me when we could connect. I sent her times and then she flopped. I followed up and she then agreed to a time to connect. The call started in a very interesting way. She was late a few minutes which was fine but then she started making assumptions about my background. She started with making statements discounting my background. She then mentioned I interviewed here multiple times before and I’m not qualified for the roles she recruits for and I’m better off supporting orgs like legal, hr etc as I don’t work in product. When I shared I do work in product analytics she then informed me that what I work on is not a real product(ads) because product is more about analytics for designing buttons etc. She then said my experience as a program manager was also not product and how Facebook refers to these as non product roles. I mentioned that I was never a program manager and a product manager and she said well it wasn’t real product. I was a little confused to why she was essentially attacking and undermining my experience with such strong bias. I then mentioned explicitly I worked on product at my previous company as well and at this point she mentioned that was 3 years ago and doesn’t count as she has better candidates suited for the job that have real product experience with years of experience. She then tried to sell me again the hr, legal analytics roles which I again expressed I had no interest. The conversation was very interesting and she didn’t stop there. She then made assumptions about how many people I manage and how I’m not really a manager. I emphasized I’m a manager of managers and she asked for my level at a larger competing company which I shared. She then said even though you are an L7 at Google our manager roles go up to L8 and those are senior managers and I mentioned that’s not correct L8 are directors as I have some friends that work there. She then stated that she has 3 roles only and of which are with managers who I’ve interviewed with before and they wouldn’t want to chat with me because based on my interview feedback I have various issues that deem me as unqualified for these roles.To be honest I’m not sure what the purpose of the call was after that statement but it felt like she had a tough day and was undermining my experience in any way possible. Why would you setup time for a call if you’ve reviewed my interviews saying I wasn’t fit. was a waste of my time and she was extremely rude. Extremely terrible experience. For context I had interviewed with the data engineering team a few months earlier and the recruiter there along with the leadership team I interviewed with were amazing. I’m pretty disappointed with this recent experience and sharing this as I believe it is essential for you to know so other candidates do not go through such a poor experience.
