I was contacted by a recruiter. After finishing an online assessment I was pushed through to an in person interview. I met with a regional sales manager named Pete who I felt like wanted to intimidate me off the bat. I sat down with him and another employee, who was in the position I was applying for, at a restaurant in a hotel. During the interview he was eating salmon while asking me questions which I thought was pretty unprofessional. A few questions in he asked if I was nervous and I said I was. He replied, "It's pretty obvious." As we went through my resume and I answered several questions he pauses and says "what's your it factor". I replied and he tells me that there seems to be nothing to me. He goes on to say he doesn't think I have any it factor and pretty much that I am a waste of air. His employee who was sitting right next to him even said something under her breath to the extent of "ouch". After that the interview was awkward and I was pretty taken back by the behavior of Hologic's Regional Sales Manager. I understand that interviewers like to see how you react to situations but I think this was taking it a little too far. Maybe I wasn't a qualified candidate but that doesn't mean you should attack someone personally for it. I left the hotel shocked and so disappointed that a company as large as Hologic would hire such a crude person. I would never want to work for a company that interviews this way. I have been through other medical device/pharmaceutical sales interviews in the past and no one has ever tried to bully me in the process.

The interview process was extended and involved multiple stages over a longer period of time. While I appreciated the opportunity to meet with several stakeholders, the timeline was more prolonged than initially anticipated, which ultimately impacted my ability to move forward.