Interview process consisted of speaking with a recruiter over the phone and the job posting she was unfamiliar with.
The 2nd interview was via Zoom where one of the interviewers appeared disinterested, and chewing gum the entire time.
Reluctantly I did the 3rd Zoom interview with an executive with 26+years of working for the company. During the interview my view of DriveTime changed from an amazing company that values their employees to a company that devalues their employees. There is a stark contrast between DriveTime’s public values and their internal values expressed to potential employees everyday.
The executive crossed an ethical line and requested I send him a copy of proprietary CAD files that I worked on for a previous client. I declined to send him those files. CAD experience was not one of the requirements for the job posting either. I was surprised and disappointed in this individual for putting me in a position of compromising my values. For him to be an individual of influence and leadership at DriveTime and asking such a question without any hesitation or regard for the law is stunning. This executive showed with such ease he has repeatedly made moral accommodations throughout his career which has resulted in cutting ethical corners.
The executive went on to trash people who are trying to better themselves via additional education and up-skilling, stating people like that only want to simply put things on their resumes. To have a 26 yr executive at DriveTime discourage continuing education and not view it as a benefit to his company is completely disappointing.
When you begin to make moral accommodations on important questions - there is a price to pay. The reputation of DriveTime is severely diminished from my experience. This certainly isn’t the company I thought it was.