I applied for the District Manager position at Slick Rock Tanning and Spa but ultimately decided not to move forward after the first interview. The process was disappointing for a few reasons: The interview was conducted by an HR representative who read questions directly off her screen and spent several minutes typing my answers after I finished speaking. It felt impersonal and robotic, as though there wasn’t genuine engagement. To make matters worse, there was an AI note-taker present in the interview, which recorded the session without any prior notification that it would be happening. I would have been happy to consent to the recording of the meeting had I known in advance and if the the interviewer actively participate beyond reading and typing. Overall, the experience felt disorganized and lacked the professionalism I would expect from a company hiring for a leadership position. I decided this wasn’t the right fit for me and declined to proceed to the second interview.