Why are hiring managers scheduling fake interviews to humiliate?
I was scheduled for an interview with a hiring manager after a recruiter screen. The HM kept repeatedly telling the recruiter that she was excited to meet me. There were some technical difficulties so it was rescheduled but the HM still kept saying she was so excited and to have the interview as soon as possible.
As soon as the interview started, she basically stated that I am not (X Job Title) and that she sees “no evidence of it”, despite me currently working as X Job Title and having had interviews at that level and higher for major companies. She then tried to ask me technical questions to “prove” this and I aced every one, but she would just move the goal post unnecessarily. For instance, she might ask “have you ever used X software?” and I would say yes and explain in detail how I used it… then she would say “so I guess you haven’t used Y software then” when there is no logical link to suggest that… she was just completely making it up. When I then explain that I used that one, then she would jump to “so I guess you don’t manage a large team”… when I explain that, then she says “well, it sounds like your team does everything, so you are not touching anything yourself”… I then explain what actions I take alone and then she says “so you are not developing a team”…
The whole interview was basically just a fake moving target interview that she essentially begged to have. Are hiring managers that bored these days?
Edit: This was not an external recruiter. I already know that things can get weird at agencies and rarely deal with them. This was the company’s corporate recruiter.