I applied to the Leap program and was sent a HireVue shortly after submitting my application.

There were 6 easy behavioral questions.

After submitting my HireVue, a recruiter reached out to me to schedule a phone screening.

She reached out at around 4:30 PM on a Friday, and I responded around 5:00 PM saying I'd be free any day after 11 AM.

She sent an email at 8:45 AM on Monday saying she's going to call me at 9:00 AM that day.

Who does that?

Literally no time to prepare for the interview, and it was sent before business hours.

She had no idea what she was talking about during the phone screening.

One question was along the lines of, "How has your experience with Object Oriented programming helped you understand SQL?" which makes absolutely no sense. You'd think a recruiter for a tech role would have more of an understanding of how different tools and technologies are used.

Another was, "How have you solved a problem using object-oriented principles?"

At the end of the interview, I asked if she thought I was qualified for the role, and she said, "You're not the worst candidate I've seen."

I'm not sure how such a rude, impersonal recruiter fell into this role.

She asked me my availability for an interview and told me I could do one later that week.

I asked if I could have the week to prepare, and she said sure.

I later emailed her my availability, and she never responded.

This was over a month ago.

I know it's not a reflection of Fidelity, but they need to do a better job at screening recruiters.

Terrible experience with this recruiter/process.

How has your experience with OOP helped you understand SQL?