I spoke with a recruiter and had a great conversation, I thought. She was enthusiastic about me and passed me on to the HM the following week. However, when I spoke to the HM, she asked me the exact same list of questions and seemed disinterested in my answers. I progressively lost confidence in myself as a candidate as she didn't hold eye contact or ask any follow-ups. This felt like a waste of my time because the recruiter had asked to record my call with her. Couldn't the HM have read AI-generated notes on the conversation so we didn't go through all the same screener questions? I was essentially being screened twice. I got an instant rejection the next business day, which was no surprise because I felt like my answers were all clipped. It's hard to give a great interview with you feel like you have already lost the interest of the person you're speaking with. If someone is uninterested in my candidacy, I'd prefer that they didn't book time with me in the first place.