Very poor and unprofessional experience. Applied for a position online, heard back randomly about 2 months later from a recruiter about the position to set up a phone interview. Thought to myself, ok that's a little odd given the time frame of when I applied, but happy to discuss the position regardless. Thoroughly prepared for the interview by researching the company, role and mission statement ect. Once the phone interview began, I noticed almost immediately there was just something extremely off about it. The recruiter seemed very nervous, shy, lacked confidence and just seemed like there was no knowledge in how to conduct or manage the process of a simple phone screen, or even a conversation for that matter. On multiple occasions there were extremely long, weird, awkward pauses where after I would answer a type of experience or behavioral question it would go silent until I had to say "................hello??". Additionally, coming from 3-4 years experience in the field, I asked basic questions about the position and all answers from the recruiter were: " .......*long pause again*........... Ya... umm... that would be a good question for the manager". It honestly was just so weird I have never experienced anything like it. After about 2-3 days of the phone call, I followed up with the recruiter via email and never heard back (wasn't surprised at that point). After reflecting on how bizarre that phone call was, it finally occurred to me that I probably wasn't being considered for a position at all, but was most likely just a test dummy for a newly hired recruiter in training. Based on the awkward flow of the conversation, I strongly believe that the recruiter's boss/training manager was on the call with her (muted on my end) giving her tips and advice in her head set on what to say or ask next and direct the conversation, which is probably why the flow of the call was so extremely dysfunctional. Now, i've never heard of this type of recruiter training practice being done or any concrete evidence of this in my case.. But I felt it offered the best explanation as to why I was randomly emailed 2 months after I applied for a position (which at that point the position I applied for wasn't even in the job openings anymore) and why the call was so disorganized and clearly lacked knowledge about the role and basic conversation fundamentals. I have also heard from current employees that typically the only way to get a real interview with the company is through a referral, which mine was not and could explain why I was used as test dummy. I've also heard that most, if not all, positions are filled internally as well, again some what demonstrating that my call was solely used for training purposes without any intent to hire. That being said, I found it very unprofessional and insulting to invite candidates into the interview process with the intent of only being used for training and not being considered for an actual position. I took time from my normal working hours to take the call, not to mention research the company to be as prepared as possible for the call. I am all for live, real training, but at least let me know that you are in training or this call will be used for training purposes is that too much to ask? After this experience, when asked from potential job seekers about my opinion and view of Mindbody, this experience, as well as other questionable stories i've heard from friends about the company, is about all I can share.