My experience with the recruiter started on a positive note. The role was presented as attractive and the conversation felt engaging. As the call progressed, the approach shifted into (overly) heavy rapport-building followed by pressure around call recording (not for transcribing as one might expect) and persistent probing for personal or sensitive details I wouldn't normally share at that stage. What bothered me was this pattern: unusually friendly framing of his questions paired with repeated boundary-testing. It felt like "trust" was being used as a tool (against me of course). I'm sharing this so other candidates go in prepared: confirm whether recording is optional, maybe keep answers high-level early on, and end the call if the process stops feeling professional. It is probably not worth it. In my 8 years in gaming this was the most unprofessional and frustrating experience.