The recruiter did not get me excited to work for BioRender, as the first contact I had with the company in the interview process. Felt like it was just walking through the formality of the interview. I was not very excited to continue through another 4 interview process after that. Recruiter clearly did not read my resume.

2nd step with hiring manager was awful. It started out fine, he insisted this was not going to be detailed at all and was just a high-level "get to know you." However, I think I came up against some major xenophobia that changed everything. He must not have taken a decent look at my resume because he disregarded work experience I had in a country that's currently facing political issues. He essentially said he would not be counting my 1 yr of experience there towards my total Sales experience. He then pushed me to give an answer that would have required specific knowledge of the company's clients/ICP (which I don't know cause... I don't work for them?? I haven't been onboarded??). At first I said I would not be able to answer but was pushed to. I did my best. His response was dismissive but also contained a statement that was blatantly incorrect and insinuated I was lying or was said to make me seem foolish for not knowing something I already admitted to not being able to answer. I corrected his false statement immediately, a firm but polite pushback. He was absolutely unable to handle this. Immediately shut down the whole conversation. I felt pretty blindsided by the change in tone and attitude which took quite a disrespectful and dismissive turn. It was so 180 I can only see Xenophobia as a logical reason for it.