The first step in the interview process was to meet with a recruiter. The recruiter asked a lot of vague questions but was very nice and easy to talk to. After the recruiter was the hiring manager and this is where things went awry. The hiring manager showed up six minutes late complaining about her allergies and seemed very overwhelmed and rushed. She explained the position, stating that it would be investigations heavy, which is my specialty as I have 10+ years leading and conducting complex investigations at places like PayPal and American Express, which is a world-class AML program. I was shocked when the hiring manager said she wasn't going to ask me any questions about investigations. Instead she focused on my collaboration skills and kept asking really vague questions like, "which team have you collaborated with the most?" I tried to explain that I collaborated with all kinds of teams and it was difficult me to quantify. Throughout the interview she kept mentioning how her allergies were bothering her and she did not appear to be too engaged in the interview and wasn't really warm or welcoming. I didn't have a good feeling about potentially working with this person and considered sending the recruiter a withdrawal of candidacy. I read a statistic somewhere that said that 90% of hiring manager don't know how to interview and this was definitely an example of that.

The hiring manager would introduce themselves and begin the interview process. All the questions are fairly standard. Nothing is unexpected. They do care about AI usage. They are looking for more junior-level analysts.