I had my first video screening interview a couple of days after I submitted my application. The interview was honestly really weird... It was through Zoom and the recruiter had her camera on just to say hi, then she turned it off to maintain a steady connection and said that it was because a lot of employees were conducting interviews at the same time. She told me that the interview would be recorded and sent to the hiring team at the company, so she must not actually work for them. She also started off by saying that she doesn't know anything about the company or position and that she can't answer any questions due to not actually being a part of the hiring team. It felt like a very forced and scripted interview and it was super impersonal. I felt like I was talking to myself or like I was talking to an automated voice. There was an awkward amount of time between my response and the start of her next question. I was given some general information about the company. I was told that I might receive an email in the next few weeks with the next steps to setting up my next interview.

I did not have an official interview, simply a screening on Zoom. I had my camera on but the person screening me did not. I was instructed when I scheduled this screening to not ask questions about the job because this wasn't an interview, but I ended up being prompted for questions at the end. Some of the questions felt like a prank, and the person running the screening informed me they had no knowledge about the position and no say in whether or not I would be hired, and also did not really acknowledge or respond to my attempts to connect with them on a human level. There was a very dystopian vibe about this screening. I ultimately was not offered a follow-up interview or a position, but the way some of these questions were phrased (very absurd and over-the-top) leads me to believe I would not accepted if I had been.