I was called by a recruiter and had a brief 30 minute conversation, after which I was asked if I would be willing to interview with them in person. I agreed and then traveled to their New York Office where I was to interview with 3 VP's and 1 EVP in what was to be four 30 minute interviews. Upon arriving ON-TIME, I waited for about 10 minutes until I was asked to proceed to the 5th floor where I met the recruiter (who was a very nice guy), and directed to a conference room. The first VP I met with (Product Management), made numerous references to the fact we didn't have much time, gave me an extremely brief overview of their Project Management practice at Edelman and asked one VERY high level questions about my project management experience. He exited as quickly as he came. I estimate we spent no more than 12-15 minutes together. The second VP I met (VP of Technology) was warm and inviting, and the highlight of the interview, but again, had very few questions which provided direction to the interview process. It was clear her hands on technical capabilities were not there, but hey, she was a Technology Leader, not engineer. Less than 30 minutes into that interview, we were interrupted by the VP of Creative Development and EVP (their collective boss). Who decided to collapse their interviews into one. Again, they had very few direct questions to ask regarding the position and seemed to be focused on finding ways to try to disqualify my candidacy. For example, rather than ask a question pertaining to my work experience (which I assumed they reviewed prior to asking me to drive 250 miles round trip), they made statements like, "It appears you don't have much experience in...", which my resume directly showed wasn't true! I would then respond to by presenting contentions to the contrary of their suppositions. Furthermore, both the Creative and EVP were cold and appeared withdrawn from the start. Even their greetings were "dead fish" handshakes and throwing their cards on the table. No smiling "Hi I'm so and so, this is what I do here, I've been here for X years, we're really excited to meet you, let's get started..." They hadn't even really dedicated the time allotted on their schedule to the interview. They combined their 30 minute blocks, into ONE 20 minute period, and 20 minutes before it was to end, their secretaries were trying to get their attention through the glass conference room wall to move them into their next meeting. I would have thought maybe that meant the interview was going poorly, but the EVP volunteered that he had other meetings to attend almost immediately after entering the room. Even when exiting, neither the EVP or VP last interviewing me had time to even help me out of the building! I was left in a conference room, and told someone would escort me out, 20 minutes later (after sitting awkwardly in this empty conference room), after realizing no one was coming, I escorted myself out. As I figured out how to exit, I went past a conference room where the EVP I had just interviewed with was working. Rather than provide a warm smile and maybe stick his head out and apologize no one came, he just gave me a cold 3 second stare and then looked back down in an uncomfortable fashion. I then had to find my way on my own through their office, which was a bit of a maze. Given my experience in a Fortune 1000 environment, my impression was Edelman Digital could be a very "political" place to work. Generally the EVP and VP's were cold and withdrawn. I can't imagine speaking to one of them about something serious going on in my life which I needed time off for. They really seemed like cold robots. Regarding my experience level: I am in my early thirties, have 6 years’ experience working in a Fortune 1000 environment developing and integrating technology solutions for them on a daily basis. I have direct experience with all the technology Edelman had listed on their job description. I have previously been pursued by organizations such as The FBI, Microsoft, Google, and more... I haven't gone to work for any of these due to my desire to stay in the northeast quadrant of the country. Regarding the experience level of those interviewing me: After assessing the interviewers LinkedIn Profiles, it was amazing to see not a single member of the team that interviewed me had any formal technology education. One had a degree in Literature, another a PhD in History, one had no listed formal education, and another didn't appear to be an accredited institution. How they felt they could accurately assess an applicant applying for a technology leadership role, without the assistance of an ACTUAL engineer, is beyond me. I do not suggest even interviewing to TOP tech talent. This isn't Google, this isn't even Google's 5th cousin. Based on what I saw, they likely deserve 5th-7th rate technical talent, and should you take the position, that's likely who you'll work with and what you'll end up becoming.