I had one phone interview with a hiring recruiter (I believe she was under contract, not an employee) and if I had proceeded to the next step, it would have been a zoom interview with the hiring manager. I didn't proceed to the next step because of all the red flags. The recruiter thought I lived in New York but my resume clearly shows I'm in Connecticut. After explaining about my current position, including how I've been with the company 5.5 years, she asked me how long I've been in my current position... After asking me some more basic questions (good with hybrid working, salary requirement, software experience) she was ready to move me on. But I tried to ask some basic questions first and she couldn't answer any of them. She didn't know how big the company was or how many employees were in the office I would be reporting to. She didn't know the company's COVID policies and told me she lived in Canada so she didn't know the US policies. At this point, I pulled up the job description on LinkedIn and the company website. She told me it was a small company but I pointed out that LinkedIn said it was 50-200 people which isn't small in my opinion. I also told her I wasn't interested in "wearing a lot of hats" in my next position and she said that was in the description which it wasn't. Around this point, I noticed the terribly written "About Us" section of the website. Words were missing from sentences, there were a couple of run-on sentences, and even misspellings. Please do not waste applicants' time by using a recruiter that knows nothing about your company. Hiring someone isn't just about the company's needs, it's about the prospective employee's needs too. Also, please hire someone to proofread your website.