My first screening interview with the hiring manager went really well, great guy. However, I chose to withdraw after the second interview. It was clear that the business development team wasn’t interested in understanding me as a person or the experiences that shaped my career path. When I shared my background in competitive sports, a common driver of competitiveness and motivation in sales, they cut me off and said they “didn’t need to hear about that,” preferring to stick to generic, surface level interview questions. The way a company interviews tells you a lot about its culture, and based on that interaction, I decided not to move forward.