The phone interview was a breeze. The recruiter always ask the same questions such as “walk me through your resume” and then 1 or 2 additional questions depending on your background. Where this interview went south was when I was in a face to face interview with the hiring manager. We met at a Marriott hotel downtown and he wanted to interview at the lobby bar ...not BY the bar, AT the bar. There was music playing, people around were talking and drinking cocktails, not the best atmosphere for an interview in my opinion. The table we sat at had us about 5 feet away from each other on top of all the noise. When I suggested sitting somewhere else, ie. a smaller table in a less noisy area, he seemed annoyed. He started the interview with “I only have 30 minutes”, never smiled once, and wasn’t familiar at all with my candidacy. He told me he was going to ask questions he had to ask and then he was going to ask his own questions. For the next 25 min he asked questions without commenting on any of my responses and going straight to the next question. Then I started asking him questions to get feedback and he might have been one of the most arrogant people I have ever met in healthcare. He talked about how he played dumb with the nurses because they like to teach, and then proceeded to tell me how they would see right through you in another response. He said the best way to provide value is to be available 24x7 and work late. He described how it’s not that important to know the products but eventually it will become important to know products. He contradicted himself so much I couldn’t believe Stryker put this joker based in Louisiana in a managerial position. I even asked him how he made it to his position and his response was “I guess they saw leadership potential in me”. I had decided at this point that if they moved me forward in the process, I would retract my application. I know plenty of folks over at Stryker and all of them are stand up people. This review is not meant to put down Stryker but to raise awareness around an individual giving the company poor representation to prospective employees.