I have been to quite a few interviews that would qualify as "weird" and "raising an eyebrow," but this one was definitely in a league of its own. Having a very relevant background, and having read several encouraging reviews on this site and elsewhere, I expected an interesting, or at least a meaningful, conversation.

Instead, the gentleman on the phone proceeded to sell Workday like their office rent was due tomorrow. Workday has this and that innovative product, and uses this and that cutting-edge Machine Learning technique. There is no IT brand Workday doesn't have a genuine interest in or doesn't have a team of specially trained sentients working on it as we speak.

He would not pause even for a split second to let me introduce myself, let alone contribute to the conversation, nor did he ask a single question about my background. He finished his sales pitch (which could be worthy of Robin Williams) and pretty much wrapped up the conversation immediately afterward, making me wonder if he thought this was supposed to be a sales call.

But this apparently was not the case, because in a few days I received an email stating that while my background is impressive, the company has decided to go with another candidate.

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