I applied for a graphic design position advertised last April and had a telephone interview with their HR rep on 4/24. I estimate that the girl was at least half my age, and did not ask me a single question in relation to my design experience or anything design-related. Instead, she read off a number of generic pointless questions from a checklist (questions more suitable for a management or administrative role). I tried my best to answer these questions (and I truly do not understand what companies expect to get out of these useless phone interviews), and she ended with telling me the next step would be a face-to-face interview. After the call I emailed her the standard thank-you, to which she did not respond. I finally received her rejection email two weeks later. As I was fully qualified for this position (I have 17 years of experience) I would really like to know exactly what was the criteria they used to disqualify me from even having a real interview.