I applied online and scheduled a phone interview with a member of the team after a couple of weeks. The interview took place a few days after the initial request.

I was insulted by the total lack of preparation of the interviewer, as well as the lack of depth, relevance, or interest shown by any of the questions. It was like a phone interview from when I was in high school and applying to work at Best Buy.

Questions like "How did you hear about [organization name here]?" are typically asked during bad interviews for a bar back position, or to work in a stockroom. The company likely already knows what web form I filled out and how I got there, and it's not really relevant to the position.

Going through each job on my resume and asking only "And what did you do there?" is not only lazy, but it shows a total lack of preparation and interest in the candidate. It also misses an opportunity to actually learn anything that isn't already on the resume.

This was a waste of my time, and I'm not sure what would have to happen to make me think of Toast positively again, either as a job seeker or a potential customer.

I can honestly say I've had better interviews come from ads on Craigslist that turned out to be MLM schemes. That's not a good thing.

So, how did you hear about Toast?