I interviewed with EisnerAmper a few months ago for a role that I was well qualified for, and I’m honestly still shocked by how unprofessional the screening experience was. My initial call was with recruiter Inna Novak, and it quickly turned into one of the most bizarre screenings I’ve ever had. Whenever I asked questions about the company or the role, she responded with “you should have done your research,” which felt incredibly dismissive and hostile for what is supposed to be an introductory conversation. What really caught me off guard was the line of questioning about my personal life. She asked how I pay for my tuition, which at first I assumed was leading into a discussion about company benefits or education support. Instead, she followed up by asking whether I owed my current employer tuition reimbursement money. It was such a strange and uncomfortable direction for a screening interview that I left the call genuinely confused. I received a rejection shortly after, which at that point honestly felt like a relief. What made this experience even more shocking is that a few months later I learned that a former coworker also interviewed with EisnerAmper and had an equally awful experience. Her process was dragged out for six weeks, during which she was repeatedly told that her skills “were not worth the money she was asking for,” only to later find out she had also been screening with the same recruiter. It’s incredibly disappointing to hear stories like this connected to a firm with the reputation of EisnerAmper. HR is often the first interaction candidates have with a company, and experiences like this leave a lasting impression for all the wrong reasons.