I was invited to an interview in which I sat down with a "gatekeeper" recruiter. After five minutes of small talk, she asked if I was available to stay for 45 more minutes for a group interview. At the time I needed to kill an hour, so I agreed; I imagine for people with a busier schedule this would be off putting and inconsiderate. I wish I had not agreed to stay and watch.
The group interview was led by a female agent, who treated the entire group as if we were ignorant children. The position was ambiguously advertised to misdirect applicants into thinking we were being enrolled in a management trainee program, when it was for 100% commission based insurance sales. If you are built for it, Sales is an excellent path; when you're not expecting to encounter it, however, it makes for a poor experience.
The agent giving the presentation went through PowerPoint slides about how amazing the company was, which was more or less business as usual. She made the point of telling us about how good she was at her job, which remained to be seen, and Afterward we were directed to fill out a worksheet that asked us any questions we might have had and was designed to weed out weaker applicants.
I declined to fill it out and thanked the manager, who had been hovering in the background, on my way out. In the parking lot, I overheard a woman who had left a minute or two before me on her cell relating a similar experience to mine.