A recruiter reached out to me about an opportunity for a strategist role. When we began discussing the role on the phone, I quickly realized that it was a completely different role than I thought. The recruiter was extremely condescending and dismissive about my work history, which I found funny as he was the one who sought me out thinking I was a good fit. It became very apparent that he did not do his research ahead of the call and asked me to send him my resume as we were talking. He spent the majority of the time picking apart my work history and experience, at one point implying that my current role -- which he clearly knew nothing about -- was useless and called it redundant. After describing my day-to-day he wasn't impressed and insinuated that my work load wasn't difficult at all. I told him that this didn't seem to be a fit and attempted to get off the call. At one point, he had to pause and ask a colleague what exactly the role he called me for entailed. Immediately after the call I withdrew my consideration for the role. Given the awful experience, I have no desire to work for the NY Times or continue on their application process if they have people like that vetting talent.