I put my profile on a job search site hoping to get hired as a software engineer. A recruiter reached out to me, and I was really excited. I already had a few other offers, but I liked this opportunity so much that I was willing to drop those offers.

I got back to the recruiter right away, and we hopped on a phone call. He seemed to care more about what video games I played than my technical abilities. I'm fine with that, but he didn't seem like a video gamer to me. I can't really describe it, but it felt like he was pretending to be a video gamer. I talked about so many different games, and it never really seemed to spark any interest in him. Then, he just kept asking me, 'Do you play DOTA?' even though I told him I played in high school over 10 years ago.

Then, when it was my turn to ask questions, I wanted to know what my responsibilities would be, what team I would be on, and what kind of work I would be doing. He had no answer to my questions. He told me he didn't know and would have to talk to a bigger hiring committee or some BS to figure out where I would fit in. He assured me he would get back within 24 hours and never did.

I'm sure the employees, in general, are great people, but I did not have a good experience with the recruiter. I think that he just sucks at his job. I feel like he did a poor job of listening, did not evaluate my skills as an individual contributor, and he did not prepare at all because he couldn't tell me anything about the position.

Do you play Dota?

Tell me about a time where you had to give difficult feedback or receive difficult feedback.

Do you play video games right now?

What do you know about Riot Games?