The interview process is rather confusing and odd. I felt a lack of desire to hire people that are interested and more of a desire to please and fit a look. I truly believe that anything I said wouldn’t have been taken into account. The hiring manager was kind of pretentious and spent time talking about their 20 years of experience. It was awkward as they didn’t even ask about my background or learn about my interest in the role. They went directly into really tough interview questions almost as if they were trying to meet an HR requirement rather than actually interested in hiring and getting to know me. My suggestion when interviewing POC queer folx is to try your best to get to know them without making the interviews feel formal and like an exam. Interviews should be designed to learn more and see why the candidate would be a good fit and how YOUR organization will be a good fit for the candidate. Interest works on both sides. It makes me wonder what the culture is like. Hopefully it’s not toxic. Also, it makes me feel like they don’t hire a lot of Black or brown folks regularly based on my interaction.

Interview process was fairly consistent with timing. The recruiter was helpful. I wish I was provided feedback from the organization as to why I did not move forward in the interview process.