I was given a code assignment to complete one day in advance of the interview (code the classes for a deck of cards) and received an email indicating that the interview would involve the use of an collaborative whiteboard. However, no collaborative whiteboard was used during the interview, so at the end of the interview I asked why. The interviewer told me that the email I received about the collaborative whiteboard is generic and that not all groups within the company make use of the whiteboard. The interviewer had not looked at the code I submitted and I'm not sure he looked at my resume. Before asking me technical questions, he asked me things like: Do you have a degree in Computer Science? Do you know Unix? Do you know OO? Since he asked me these questions before asking the detailed questions, I don't think he was being derogatory, but after a while it made me uneasy as I couldn't figure out why he would ask me those things. Why would I be interviewed if didn't have a degree in CS, a background in Unix and experience with OO? It was disconcerting. I handled some of his technical questions ok, but then was thrown off by some of his comments and started to give bad or wrong answers. I can't believe I screwed up some of the simpler questions; I should have gotten a grip and just ignored his comments. For instance, at some point in the conversation I mentioned Apache and he said I wouldn't have Apache on my laptop. I told him that I did because my laptop runs Fedora and I've installed and configured Apache to run on it. I also didn't know the term "Big O notation" so he said - "didn't you get a CS degree, you should know this". The interview just seemed "off" and I won't be surprised if I don't get a second interview. I also wouldn't care to work with someone like that -- he wasn't prepared for the interview and his attitude was rather negative.