This was meant to be a 10-minute screening/interview call. It turned out to be the strangest experience I have had. I got the impression that the hiring manager may have seen my resume and gave this recruiter some specific questions to ask. She was very open that she had a list of questions and was going to be recording the responses. Let me say that I had created a profile with the company prior to applying online. So, they had my current salary and requested salary range IN ADVANCE OF THIS INTERVIEW. Well, it starts off with the standard, "Why do you want to leave your current position?" (I am currently employed). Ok. Answer that. Then, it goes into nothing but questions to the negative, such as "Now you have this industry experience but you have not experience in this other industry, correct?" Now you never did this?" Didn't she read the resume? Then, it became clear to me as I addressed her questions that this lady did not know anything about what a business analyst does within a software development project. She was basically spitting out questions with no background information on how to handle anything more complicated than a "yes" or "no" response. It was quite cumbersome. THEN, the kicker. She asks my desired salary range. Then asks my current salary. AS I SAID EARLIER, she already had this information. As my desired salary range was greater than my current salary (Duh!) I added that we normally receive a bonus as part of our compensation package. Well, this rubbed her the wrong way and the response was "I'm not going to try to match your bonus. I would try to match your absolute bottom line salary. Is $ your bottom-line salary amount?" Have to say I was not expecting this. I have never had money brought up in a phone screening interview and generally not in a first interview - ESPECIALLY WHEN I TOLD YOU IN ADVANCE ON MY PROFILE - WHY DID YOU CALL ME??? There was definitely the attitude that they are looking for the absolute cheapest labor. I was not given an opportunity to ask a single question. I was not asked anything like "Why did you apply for this position?". There seemed to be an assumption that everyone applying for a job is desperate and won't mind being treated as if we were a sofa on sale on Craigslist. "What is the lowest you will take for it???"