I applied online and it took the recruiter a few weeks to inform me that she wants to talk with me for the initial screening. She was extremely slow in responding to emails, I understand her busy schedule. I provided her my availability and after a few days I followed up with her on the interview timings. Apparently, she is in the UK, and I am on the West Coast and said that she is only available to talk from 8 AM-9 AM because of the time difference, and finally we were scheduled to talk on Sept 20th. The day arrived and I did not receive a call from her, and after waiting for 20 mins, I dropped her an email to which she did not reply. Tried to follow up with her a few days later and no response yet. On Oct 1st, I received an email from the System saying that I am no longer considered for the role. Really frustrating.

There were a number of phone interviews with various people on the team who asked me technical questions about topics that I didn't claim to have expertise in and that were not relevant to the job that I was seeking. They took the tone of an interrogator. They replied to their own questions and explained their superior knowledge of the subject to me. It was demeaning, annoying and time wasting. Next they asked me to provide a detailed report on a topic where I had a lot of very direct expertise and that provided them with information that they might use in their consulting practice. I wrote a lengthy report based on my previous research. They didn't provide feedback on the report to me. Next they wanted me to come in and do a panel interview. I talked with the recruiter about pay and they were $100,000 below my current pay so I decided to terminate the process.