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      Principal Consultant Interview

      1 Dec 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Optiv

      Interview

      The company approached me, at the advice of a manager who suggested I'd be good for the role. The interviews with Talent and Management were very good. I was the sole candidate and scheduled for a Meet the Team panel. Six of the most adversarial people I've encountered in a pre-offer stage. One argued with me that the job title was (for example) Senior Quality Engineer. I assumed a mistake and said no, the job was Principal Pentesting Consultant. He insisted I was wrong and said "well it's basically the same thing. Another person asked "how old are you?" Yet another person got hostile when I said "Amy, tell me about your team." She said "oh, so now you want to interview ME? Who is being interviewed here?" and then left the video meeting. I contacted talent and declined the offer, telling them that they should probably have a professional in this type of interview to guide everyone. I can handle people like this, even a group of people like this. But there's no reason I'd volunteer to deal with people like this.

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      Question 1

      How old are you? Seriously they asked "how old are you."
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