A first telephone interview, then a second interview at their La Défense offices.

The first telephone interview was okay, nothing more, but the second was a moment of intense humiliation (for me, obviously).

After a day of work and an hour of commuting to the Tour Egée offices, I arrive on the 19th floor where two young men greet me for my interview.

No questions about my background, nor any icebreakers. I am placed in front of a laptop projected onto a large screen, with my interviewers scrutinizing what I'm doing.

I have to code a fairly simple function. One of the collaborators constantly asks me questions about what I'm doing, why I'm doing it, incessantly questioning my skills. He asks me to talk while I try to think and code, which throws me off – likely the objective.

One of the interviewers signals to his colleague, indicating that I'm no good. I then decide to end this torture session by stating that it wasn't the type of position I was looking for.

Instead of ending the interview there, since I was clearly not the right fit, the main interviewer asks me who I dealt with in HR, as if there had been such a mistake. He insists heavily.

Finally, as he escorts me to the elevator, he subtly lets me know that he doesn't believe I do development.

The most horrible job interview experience, after 15 years in my career (I've had about a hundred, I think), that I have never lived through.

I therefore strongly advise against it.