Candidate shares how interview with 'excited' hiring manager took an awkward turn

Key points

• A job candidate shared an interview experience after claiming a hiring manager spent an entire meeting trying to “disprove” his qualifications, despite allegedly expressing excitement to interview him beforehand.
• The candidate shared his experience on r/recruitinghell in a post titled, “Why do companies interview people just to try to humiliate them?”, questioning why some hiring processes felt less like evaluations and more like attempts to tear candidates down.
• Read Full Story According to the post, the interview process had initially seemed promising.
• After clearing a recruiter screening, the candidate said he was informed that the hiring manager (HM) was particularly enthusiastic about meeting him.
• He claimed that even after technical issues forced the interview to be rescheduled, the hiring manager continued emphasising how eager she was to speak with him and pushed to arrange the meeting as soon as possible.