[lawlessone]

Luckily in my case it was very short. The first tech question they asked me was about the how to move all a companies data from old gov systems to a data lake. We both got a quick lesson really. All polite.

The second bait and switch example though went on a lot longer. I had an off feeling about it from the first call.

One guy on call was stifling a laugh the whole time.

They made sure to emphasize they we're offering me a lot of experience, doing me favor essentially.

When they gave me the offer they also requested I send them over a professional photograph of myself. Maybe that's normal in some countries but to me it was the red flag that finally made me notice all the other red flags.