Got a callback one day after applying via company website which went to voicemail and I attempted to return the call to set up a phone interview about one hour later.
The next three days were then spent leaving voicemails and subsequent attempts to reach any live HR person via other channels. Repeatedly experienced the incompetence of various staff promising calls back that never came, etc. Even once got routed through phone banking and waited on hold for 35 minutes. That agent ultimately just quietly dumped me back at the recruiter's mailbox despite having explained multiple times that I already had that number.
Finally got connected. Recruiter apparently went on vacation. That's understandable though probably worth mentioning in the voicemail. Conference call scheduled for next day. I was persistent in all this but never rude to anyone.
Interviewer asked a series of mostly boring, low-level technical questions, at least for somebody with thirty years of experience. I felt fairly confident that a live interview would follow even though I was concerned that my answers weren't the regurgitated templates she likely wanted.
Standard biases probably all apply at this point in various degrees. Ageism, reverse sexism, reverse racism, checklist-ism, degree-ism, certification-ism. I haven't experienced that so noticeably in my career until the last few years. I don't throw out those first three accusations lightly or by habit. The last three are commonly encountered though. Most are clueless at assessing ability and talent so they lean on the false signals of succinct parroted answers and bogus pieces of paper to rely on.
Was promised more info by the end of the week. That was two weeks ago. Now I remember all over again why I dumped them as a customer. The credit union had seemed great back when I switched to them 12 years ago.
Pay is low anyway so no major loss to anybody who meets their bar. Such double standards. Based on other reviews it sounds like the office is incredibly uptight. Blessing in disguise to be blown off. Giant waste of my time though.
It's irritating and exasperating to invest time and effort only to be treated so poorly, yet I want to express that without also coming off as unreasonable. This is another reminder that you can't escape corporate mindsets even at the local credit union and so isn't my first such disappointment or even the worst. Make of it what you will.
