Whooooo exactly are you supposed to report to when your interviewer SUCKS?!
I just (5 mins ago) had one of the worst interviews of all time. I spent the whole night prepping for a design system interview. The hiring manager made a huge deal about how they needed to consolidate design systems between them and the company that acquired them, so that's what I prepped for. That's what I was told to prep for. I even drilled into a plan that fit their monthly release cadence.
It was supposed to be a panel. One person showed up. Late. Camera off.
Told me to pull up a random built-in on Google and 'whatever code editor idc'. Then said 'see that? do that'.
When I asked clarifying questions, the response was, 'look at the thing.....build the thing.'
This was all after 35 mins of waiting for the others to join (they never showed) + filler questions. Zero relation to the position.
I don't usually get salty during an interview, but this one got to me. At the end I grilled him on the current design system and asked questions that were relevant to the position. He had no idea. Wasn't even on the team.
The mature thing is to say, 'I dodged a bullet'....I guess, but that was the FOURTH ROUND. All of the prep time and previous interviews pissed away because the interviewer couldn't be bothered. I thought about just closing the call at least 5 times.
