I contacted a senior level principal at the company and provided my resume with a summary of my accomplishments by email. The principal passed the information to the HR manager at their headquarters (Boston), which in return, contacted me via telephone call message a few days after. We spoke for about 30 minutes about my prior work, employee referral, relevant skill set, job description, relocation, etc. and mostly about my resume. It was brief and more relaxed chatting about the past work. A few days after, I was contacted by an assistant HR coordinator via email which announced the secure group telephone interview (date, time, and specific names & titles of the group interview).
The actual group telephone interview (lasted just over 1 hour in duration) was poorly executed by CDM Smith, as the main person conducting the interview was clearly amateur (young, probably in 20s, somewhat bloated stature, trying to speak as if he has power in a tough manner). The phone was clicking off and on and (1) of the (3) CDM Smith employees lost connection and returned right at the end of the interview. Besides the young "team lead", there were two older members from different groups/departments who seemed to be there to provide guidance to this young "leader". It felt like I was talking to some young kid who needed to be held up by older members and taught how to have an ethical interview (very disappointing). I remember even a point of silence by the young man, as the other employee (from a different department) never asked questions. It was like there was a performance evaluation being conducted on the young team lead, and there was no interest in me.
When the phone call was finally over, the employee that lost connection reappeared and spoke to me, with what appeared to be a one-on-one talk (I didn't believe that). The gentleman thanked me for the impressive interview and my great, detailed answers. They gave me an offer in the mail, but I had to dismiss this opportunity.
