I was contacted by a recruiter that saw my resume on indeed and that a brief email I sent expressing interest. She was working on behalf of a public school to fill a temporary, virtual position that would last roughly 3 months. I returned her call and she very quickly told me about the position and asked if I could participate in a brief screening interview with her the following morning. After I agreed, she also scheduled an interview with the principal of the school, set to begin less than an hour after she and I were scheduled to interview (virtually). I was surprised at the somewhat urgency I sensed in her demeanor, but accepted after she explained that the teacher I would be taking the place of (if I were to be selected for the role) had abruptly quit (a bit of a red flag that left me wondering why), and that the administration needed to fill the position immediately. She began on time and explained she would be asking 3, scripted questions. They were extremely vague and basic and I found answering them to be almost effortless. I wondered how my responses would inform or help the principal in her selection process because of how general they were, and because I would be speaking with her right after I was finished with the current interview. The Kelly interviewer did not tell me that the principal would be joining our existing Zoom session. I was led to believe it would be a separate, more in depth interview if and when I “passed” this screener interview. So I was unprepared when not one, but two additional people suddenly joined our call. The phone call the night before with the Kelly interviewer was extremely rushed and she was unable to answer very basic questions about the role that would have helped me to decide if I truly was interested/believed it to be a possible good fit, helping me to decide if I even wanted to schedule that first screener interview the following morning. Although initially cordial, she seemed inauthentic and if she was working very hard to remain so. Her tone took on an exasperated and frustrated vibe and she spoke so quickly that I was barely able to get a word in. When I was able to sneak in a question, she seemed confused and unfamiliar with the terms in the field of education and confused by what I was actually asking, when I felt they were were straight forward and concrete questions. She would become irritated when I would repeat back what she said to confirm my understanding and continued to evade answering me by repeating that “those are things I should ask the principal tomorrow.” She even asked me at the end of the phone conversation if I truly thought this was something of interest to me because if I didn’t, she didn’t want to waste her time and would schedule more interviews. In my personal experience as an interviewee, her overall disposition and manner of speaking was unprecedented, unorthodox, borderline unprofessional and frankly a bit strange. However, I moved forward, mostly because I just needed to know anything about the role that would help inform my decision should I receive a job offer.