Applied online and was contacted by a recruiter the following day to set up a "life story interview" with a different recruiter later in the week.

The "life story interview" was a joke. The recruiter wanted the story of my career in chronological order and asked questions to steer things in that format, but then decided I was unworthy and cut the call short before we actually got to my more recent relevant experience.

It's a bummer, because this otherwise seemed like it could have been a cool place to work. I guess if you have a more linear and conventional career history, you might have better luck with the "life story interview." It just seems like the format is completely backwards.

When did you first get into programming?