I interviewed here two years ago, and honestly I keep looking back at it as one of the most unprofessional and bizarre experiences of my professional life. I was already living in Southern California, and stated my address on my CV, which the interviewer and all involved parties obviously had. When asked where I was currently living, I answered and was met with extreme anger that I was doing an online interview (scheduled for me, without choice of in person interview) instead of coming in for an in person interview. Having a master's degree in a related field and two years experience doing essentially the same job, I answered questions competently, but when my opinion on the threat posed currently by a specific group in Mexico differed from the interviewer (who thought it was lower), instead of opening a conversation further about how I came to that conclusion, he openly mocked me in the interview, and outright laughed. Differences in opinion happen in this field of work all the time, and are not unexpected, nor was my opinion a fringe one among other colleagues of mine. It seemed that the interview was intent on humiliating me and proving his superiority rather than assessing my skills, and with time and distance I now believe there was definitely a gendered element to the dynamic I encountered in that interview (I am a woman). The rest of the interview continued much the same, and the exchange was far from professional, on his end. I left that interview completely flabbergasted, and with the takeaway that I needed to withdraw my application. Companies will never treat you as well as they do when they're recruiting you, and I can't imagine what day to day work would be months down a line at a place where that was the starting point. A note to the company: Even if you decide a candidate is not for you (which happens all the time), it is a bad business move to actively harass and dismiss an interviewee, particularly one who already works within the same industry. I have warned off mentees from applying to this company, and have told numerous people about the unprofessional experience I had in my one personal interaction with SIS. News travels, and is particularly credible when coming from someone already employees in open source intelligence, international security, and risk assessment.