| Once I had an interview because the offer looked interesting. Otherwise I was not actively looking. The interviewer was borderline rude and not listening to anything I was saying. I mentioned, for example, that I had no linkedin, so I did not fill it in the web application form. They had a checklist with requirements like Java 1.9 and I said I used 1.8 in x position (by then 1.9 did not exist), but it was not a problem because I was aware of the changes in 1.9 etc. After a few similar questions where the interviewer was asking for exact versions of software and disapproving of the exact versions of software I used (they were not technical) I calmly mentioned I did not think it would be a good fit for their company or me, but I was happy to have talked to them. We could finish the interview, since I did not want to make them waste any time. Their answer to this was to panic, telling me they had still 15 minutes until their next interview, pleasantries were exchanged, followed by wishing me luck in my other interviews (I said I was not actively looking, only this one offer I was curious about). They also asked me to share my linkedin profile (which I mentioned not to have). Then they said recruiters are annoying, right? to which I answered I don't have anything against recruiters, just never had the need for a linkedin account. It did leave a bad impression on the company but IMO if you see there is clearly no fit it is better for everyone to calmly bring it up. |