My interviewer had prepared some questions based on my resume, but it turned out to be someone else's resume. Consequently, he had to improvise when that came to light.

He was extremely poker-faced. There was no friendliness, no warmth, and no attempt to make me comfortable. He asked the questions as if from a list. After I would give a detailed answer, he would type out a poorly summed-up version of what I'd said, verbalizing as he typed. There was zero actual dialogue.

I tried to cover a bit of ground in my answers to anticipate follow-up questions. However, his follow-up questions were often exactly what I had just answered, as if he wasn't listening. It was just a dry, unpleasant interview.

How do you manage your report's careers?

Tell me about your current position and previous position.

What do you want to do next?

Tell me about a time you had an underperformer. What did you do?

Tell me about a time you had an underperformer that didn't improve and you had to let them go.

Tell me about the architecture of your current company.

What would you do differently if you could?