This was perhaps the most disrespectful, unprofessional, and insane interview process I've ever experienced. The search lasted months and they never made a hire. I'll just highlight the major steps of the process and some of the most unbelievable moments: The first interview was a phone call where, I must admit, I was blindsided by the first question: "What do you think we should be doing differently as an organization?" Surprisingly, I soon discovered that there were a number of search committee members on the call who were muted and messaging one another on a chat system behind the scenes. Of note: I could never get the names of interviewers in advance even when I asked directly; I never even knew how many people to expect in the room when I walked in. (The response would always be a cagey dismissal along the lines of "we won't know who will be there until that day.") The first in-person (on a Saturday) was a panel interview where the questions seemed to be culled from a Google search on how to interview. No follow-up questions were asked. Much like a congressional hearing, each member of the panel had their time to ask completely insipid questions, including "If you could pick any song to play as you walked in the room, what would it be?" The next in-person involved a last-minute assignment that was WELL beyond the scope of reasonability (unpaid, of course). Within 48 hours (over a holiday weekend, if I recall), write an original piece on Pride for publication, draft a proposal for a $500,000 grant for a project and funder of your choosing, and create and deliver a PowerPoint presentation to the committee as if they were the foundation's board of directors (yeah, because EDs pitch funding plans to foundation boards of directors...). Please note that these are all items the organization can then take and use for their current programs. After three rounds, well...I can't help ya there. The search committee was comprised of volunteers who clearly had no idea what they were doing (one member even made an agist comment during his questioning of me). Questions were completely useless ("Who do you look up to?"), interview times were repeatedly changed at the last minute, and the level of work required was completely inappropriate. It felt like I was being exploited by my own community. By the end, I was torn between wondering if this was a "stress interview" and they were being purposefully malicious or if they were just incredibly ignorant of how to hire and treat executive-level candidates. But at the end of the day, does it really matter? I've never been treated so abusively during a search process and to have that abuse and exploitation come from my own community was, frankly, heartbreaking.