Pretty terrible. Had initial call with someone who was very nice and seemed to appreciate my experience and potential. He said the position was for a junior who was willing to grow with the company and into the role. He also said the salary I proposed was low but they'd consider performance-based raises 3 months down the line.
I came to the onsite to meet a manager who made evident the initial person to whom I spoke had no clue what he was talking about. This interview was purely behavioral. He said I had all the skills but no drive. He also said the salary I asked was way too high and offered 2/3 of what I was asking. This guy prides himself in having learned fortran at some point. Good for him!
He rambled for about 5 minutes and asked about three questions within this ramble. When I started answering one question at a time, he interrupts me immediately and keeps rambling.
He kept repeating that he sees no way in which he could assess whether I actually had the skills I claimed to have. This was another major red flag. This person, skilled in fortran, is not aware of live coding problems, pair programming, technical interviews, etc.
All in all a prime example of explicit red flags I should look in interviews:
- clueless first interviewer,
- continuously interrupting manager,
- unaware of technical assessment standards
Definitely worth the experience to go there to see for yourself that the above, sadly, is not made up. Great excuse to take a longer walk into brighton beach and get some russian imports