Long phone screen with recruiter: Very pleasant. Tech phone screen with project manager: Very positive and pleasant In person interview scheduled: I ended up cancelling because the HR recruiter refused to answer and "dodged" 2 important questions I had about pay and benefits: Question 1: When does leave accrual begin for new employees? (Immediately or after a certain number of months?) She completely DODGED this question by simply saying new employees are allowed to use 40 hours of "negative leave" (meaning you can go into leave "debt" for 40 hours) but she would not tell me when an employee starts accruing POSITIVE leave. I asked twice. No answer. As an employee herself in HR, she should know when leave accrual starts. Question 2: How does the company handle employee pay during government closures like the 5-week shutdown this year 2018-2019? She said she'd check and get back to me. She never provided an answer even though I asked twice. The company should know WHAT it did when the government shutdown: It doesn't make sense that nobody at the company knows or remembers. The 1st couple of people I interviewed with seemed great, but the company seems less than transparent about pay and benefits. Makes it seem like they are hiding something. Refusing to answer basic questions was a big red flag to me, so I cancelled the interview while offering to reschedule if/when the HR person answered my questions. Of course, she never did. Company doesn't seem trustworthy.