I interviewed for the Payroll/Benefits Manager position, and then subsequently the Payroll & Benefits Coordinator position. I thought that perhaps they’d restructured the manager position, as sometimes happens. I was sent a message via Indeed asking for expansion on my experience with Paycor, benefits, and interfacing with accounting. Then when I responded I received a message back stating that my experience was beyond the coordinator role and asking if I’d like to speak about the manager position. A time was set for a Teams call. I have to say it was a bit off putting. The call lasted for 10 minutes and it appeared to me that they had decided before the call that the length of my experience was not what they were looking for by about two years, although the relevance of said experience seemed to be spot on. If I wasn’t a true candidate, I would have preferred to receive that news by email, rather than taking my time from work to make ultimately futile small talk. The bulk of this call was asking why I’d left other employers and even included a presumptive statement of, “You must not like it there” regarding my current employer. At no point during the call did we touch on my experience, other than me being effectively told that quantity was more important than quality. I cannot say that I am sad to have missed this one.