Had an interview scheduled on-site at Thule in Longmont, Colorado.
The Director was a no-show; he called in through MS Teams. The PLM was late, and he didn’t even greet me at the door; he simply walked by me in the foyer, and pointed to the closest door. I followed.
PLM pointed to a chair; I sat across the table from where he sat. PLM set up his laptop facing only me. We sat in awkward silence (I tried making small talk, but he was having none of it), while waiting for Director to call in, which he eventually did – several minutes late.
Once Director called in, he immediately went into a sales pitch about his long and storied history in the industry – where he had been; what he had done; the people he knew. PLM was silent.
While I was commenting about tasks in my present position, Director called me out as a liar, about something we both knew was absolutely true, regarding a factory we had both visited (we’d probably even been there at the same time previously). Director said: “(Factory) doesn’t even have that machine, unless you guys go to a part of the factory that I didn’t know existed.” All the while PLM was silent – as he was for most of the process. That comment threw me off – I didn’t think it was my place to call this guy out, and I couldn’t tell whether he was testing my ability to think on my feet, but it was so unprofessional; I was incredibly insulted. By then I knew that the interview was – effectively – over. This was not a person/team I wanted to work for/with or even be associated with.
Finally, I was ghosted by HR – no follow-up. No closure. No response. No concern for how things went. No, “thanks for coming in.” Crickets.
Recap: Thule reached out to me. Brought me in to their facility. Then one interviewer was a no show physically – AT THEIR FACILTY – and the other was a no-show, mentally. Then HR wouldn’t respond.
It was among the worst professional experiences I have had in over 10 years within this industry.
