I had a brief interview with with the product owner. After that short period one of the co-founders walked in. I had never interviewed with an owner/co-owner of a company before. After interviewing with the co-founder he walked out of the room to fetch the next person. A few minutes go by I see the co-founder and another individual heading back towards me. I notice they are giggling like little school children. All of a sudden the individual which I never met deviates from the path of the interview room and the co-founder keeps stride walking back in. The co-founder tells me that the person which I was planned to interview with was to busy and was not able to interview me. The interview ends and I'm escorted out of the building . Before the interview I was instructed to watch several videos about the company and visit their website. The videos and website have a consistent theme. The theme is enforcing the values of the company. The website specifically outlines some key traits of the company: trust, empathy, love, faith, etc. I felt a complete lack of everything I just listed. I have never been part of an interview process where someone was so rude, disrespectful, and lied straight to my face. I myself believe its not what you say its what you do. Watching the videos and podcast I suspected the leadership group didn't practice what they preached. The co-founders behavior didn't surprise me at all. I almost expected it to be honest. Its fine that you don't like someone or don't feel they are a good fit but to lie. I just don't understand that. Especially for a company with such a laundry list of values.
