Interviewed for a recruiting role and the process felt unnecessarily subjective and overly critical. By the second round, it already seemed like the decision had mostly been made, but I continued with the final interview hoping for a better experience. The recruiting exercise itself did not reflect realistic recruiting practices. Anyone with recruiting experience knows there is rarely a “perfect” search, yet nearly every decision was critiqued. There was also an expectation from Emily to somehow understand what qualified as a “Charlie Health clean profile,” despite that criteria not being clearly outlined anywhere in the prompts or instructions and this will clearly vary from company to company. Unfortunately, the experience came across less as a collaborative interview process and more as an opportunity to overanalyze minor details.

My interviewer was a no show and did not communicate that they would need to reschedule. I was able to reschedule eventually but overall just not a good candidate experience.