After applying, HR contacted me to set up a phone screen which lasted about 30 minutes.

HR staff member was on the call.

She was short with me and seemed kind of rude.

She was very insistent on me naming a desired salary, or the conversation could not go any further.

I was hoping to hear more about the position before talking about money.

I feel interviews should be to see if the applicant and the employer have common values and product interests, not salary requirements.

Next, they flew me to Chicago for an on-site interview.

Most folks were very nice and answered all questions I had in a friendly conversation.

The tech interviewer asked odd questions that didn't seem to relate to the job, but I felt positive about my answers.

The last person I met with was in HR and continued to only talk about money.

I wasn't a fan of her attitude, but overall it was a positive experience.

If you needed to access data from another department to integrate with an application you were building, how would you go about doing that?