The interview process was unorthodox and somewhat disrespectful. Candidates were asked a series of questions unrelated to the job so that the interviewer could assess broad-range and analytical thinking. Had the interviewer (a former lawyer) been a psychologist, sociologist or human anthropologist, the process would have held more merit. I was told by the interviewer, to her surprise, that a few candidates had walked out on the interview because of such questioning. This should have been a queue for me that the interviewing process would be a waste of my time, but press on I did. Having an INTJ personality type, I answered the questions creatively and analytically, winning the approval of my interviewer. When I asked what might hold me back from proceeding to the next stage in the hiring process, she responded that there was nothing. Weeks and weeks had passed after the interview and still I heard nothing from FPL, even after various follow-up emails and thank-yous. Finally after a month, my recruiter informed me that FPL could not afford to hire a new VP.
I found the group to have overinflated egos given the size and status of its firm and to be disrespectful to candidates in addition to lacking vision and direction in business strategy.
