I was approached by Impact.com’s Talent Operations Manager on LinkedIn and had an enjoyable initial 40-minute call to discuss my experience, background, and alignment with the Enterprise Sales opportunity. Following that conversation, I was recommended to progress to the next stage: a 45-minute interview with the RVP Sales UKI. Unfortunately, that interview was a very disappointing experience. It became clear very quickly that the interviewer had taken no time to review my background in advance. When I explained my experience, the response was essentially that she would not normally interview someone who had not come directly from their specific space, with extensive experience selling to CMOs and performance or affiliate marketing stakeholders, as well as deep fluency in digital marketing metrics and channels such as CPC, ROAS, CAC, paid media, LLMs, and affiliate marketing. That may be a perfectly valid hiring requirement, but if that level of specific industry experience was non-negotiable, it should have been identified before I was approached and progressed through the process. As a candidate, the experience felt poorly qualified, poorly managed, and ultimately a complete waste of time. I also felt the tone of the conversation was dismissive and lacked the professionalism I would expect at this stage of an interview process, so I decided to end the call early after only 10 minutes. Based on my experience, I would not recommend engaging with this company.