The interview process was efficient overall. It started with an informal conversation with the hiring manager, followed by a meeting with the Director (skip-level), and then a final onsite round. For the onsite, I was asked to prepare a sourcing strategy presentation for a commonly hired role. I put together an 8-slide deck in about 45 minutes, and that level of detail was more than sufficient. The presentation itself seemed to go well. Their feedback was limited, but they said it was a strong approach. After that, I met with a Sales Recruiting Manager for another team. The interview was extremely straightforward, mostly basic behavioral and situational questions with little to no follow-up. I was then unexpectedly pulled into an additional conversation with the VP and Global Head of TA. That discussion was similarly light-touch and focused mostly on understanding my background and why I was considering the opportunity. Two days later, I received a conditional verbal offer. The proposed base salary came in roughly 40% lower than what had initially been discussed. They positioned it as still being able to meet my total compensation target if I agreed to double my hiring goals. The bonus structure was also concerning: hires only counted toward bonus attainment if they stayed with the company for a full year. Given the company’s apparent history of terminating employees, it felt unreasonable to place quality-of-hire accountability entirely on recruiters while also docking compensation for outcomes outside their control. Overall, the interview process itself was easy and everyone I spoke with was friendly, informative, and professional. My impression was less that the managers themselves were difficult, and more that the broader company culture and compensation expectations were being pushed down onto them. Still, the negotiation approach felt borderline bad faith given how far the compensation package deviated from the original discussions. It came across as a strategy built around pushing out aggressive offers to see who would accept unfavorable terms.