A fishy and rude hiring manager with little soft skills 1. They sent me the vacancy through a local IT job board. No hi, hello or anything, just a plain text of the ad. IT people are known to not be the best communicators. So, I gave them a benefit of a doubt and accepted the invitation. 2. The interviewer pretended to be the same person, but had different surnames on the job board and in Skype. So, either one surname was fake, or there were two different people behind the scenes. Neither of this was touched upon in the conversation. 3. The interview turned out to be an audio-only Skype chat. When asked about video, the interviewer abruptly replied ‘No need for it’. Never mind asking me, the candidate, what I thought about not seeing my future team. 4. The young manager very quickly presented the company and the position. And this point would have been to their advantage had not the person spoke unintelligibly fast, similar to somebody who fears missing a train. 5. They said that, if hired, I would be expected to bring my own laptop to work in the office. What an example of ‘good working conditions’, especially from a wealthy Swiss company! 6. The tone of the conversation was between indifferent and cold, not a one to give you a desire to work there. 7. 20 minutes into the chat, they mentioned they use a wage (per hour) work compensation model. I said I am not a fan of it, that I would have to think and that this condition may motivate me to reject the job. Used to open dialogues with interviewers, I then proposed to explain my view on why I did not like the per hour model. In response to which, the manager replied, I quote: ‘No need. I am not interested in this. Thank you. Good bye!’ It was so rude that I actually could not help laughing. 8. In conclusion: Their team definitely lacks communication skills. That rudeness was probably unintentional, but nonetheless, it took away from me a desire to communicate with this company again.