I interviewed for a content strategy position throughout June and July of 2020. The process started with a 30-minute phone call with the hiring manager, at the invitation of a recruiter who reviewed my resume. After this, I progressed through two panels of three one-on-one interviews with potential teammates on the marketing and growth teams. Each of these seven people was smart, tough, and open-minded. My eighth and final conversation was with the founder and CEO, and it totally poisoned all desire to work for this company. I've never seen someone behave so rudely—and frankly, childishly—during a job interview. I have a doctoral degree and 10+ years of experience in the industry, and I was sitting on another offer by this point. The CEO knew all of this. But rather than discuss his ambitions with the company or what I could bring to the table, he decided to attack me, question my honesty, and belittle my current employer. He stonewalled simple requests for information, and deliberately twisted my words to try to use them against me. Thank god they are not actually concealing this monster from candidates: working for him would have ruined my life and possibly my career.