[binarymax]

I never found out if I had done something to make everyone so angry. I now suspect that they were massively turned off by a host of things.

It's not you, it's them. You are lucky you got out of there, you would have been miserable.

[zamalek]

Not enough people realize that interviews are a two-way interaction. Steve is lucky that he got the valuable answers without ever asking the questions. "Company A" failed that interview dismally and should be embarrassed. I would have shown myself out of the door given pretty much any of their remarks.

[mojoe]

I know several people who worked for a company with an abusive culture, and they were definitely miserable. What's interesting is that these types of interviewers attract people who are themselves abusive, and eventually (without outside stimulus) the company becomes a homogeneous mix of assholes. It sounds bizarre, and I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't been told the story by trusted friends.