Made it to the second round and then was told they would be going in another direction. I am a bit rusty from not being in a selling/interview capacity in the past year after being laid off due to COVID. The first call with the recruiter was standard. The second call was another story. They asked me to prepare a 2-3 minute pitch for their product, which was easy. But they were insistent that I use the "Challenger" selling style. Which, by the way, isn't proven and after doing extensive research, I ultimately figured out it just isn't conclusive that its effective. The woman who interviewed didn't seem all that kind and was very concerned when I mentioned there were no formal reprimands at my last position for missing sales goals (even though I never missed one). Didn't really feel like someone I would want to work for.

The recruiter was very pleasant but I was astonished by the unprofessionalism of the hiring manager. The recruiter was very impressed by my background and stated that this is a very good match. The hiring manager didn't contact me on our first interview, so we rescheduled. Then the second interview was rescheduled at the last moment. Finally we were able to talk about 2 weeks later. The hiring manager did not sound interested in my answers and her responses sounded very unenthusiastic. Even heard the manager getting ice and opening a drink during the interview. From the questions she asked and the answers she gave to my questions, they are looking for young, right out of undergrad kids that are malleable.