An automated system told me to schedule an interview, so I did. Then, the same system notified me that the interview had to be rescheduled. When I went to reschedule, the only available times were a week later — which was frustrating, considering I had mentally prepared, taken notes, and done thorough research on the company.
When the day of the interview finally arrived, the interviewer was 15 minutes late. I still took the call, and she ended up passing me forward to the next round.
I then interviewed with a man in the Pain Medicine division. I won’t name names out of respect, but the experience was disappointing. He spent the entire hour talking about himself, bragging about being a top performer on every sales team he’s worked with at Stryker. I acknowledged his success and mentioned that I aspire to be a top performer too. Then he asked if I had done research on him specifically, which I thought was a strange question. I told him I hadn’t researched him personally, but I had done extensive research on the company. He didn’t like that answer, and from that point on, the interview went downhill.
I would not recommend interviewing with the Pain Medicine manager. Based on my experience, he seemed to show clear favoritism toward men — the last person in the role was male — and throughout the interview, he avoided eye contact with me entirely. The experience came off as sexist and unprofessional.
