I can understand it. I just thought it was a bit too extreme. At some point it seemed like I was interviewing them (but I hadn't asked any questions).
They seemed a bit bummed out when my hobbies weren't traveling around the world or helping impoverished communities in my spare time. They asked me what great thing I wanted to learn next and when I say $tool_X, I could feel the disappointment.
But it was good to see this first hand. On one hand, I think maybe HR is running the cultural filter a bit too high... who knows if the engineering culture is like that?
On the other hand, if that alone without asking a single question about my experience or skills is enough to reject me... that's a bit too extreme. I guess I'll find out soon enough.
They seemed a bit bummed out when my hobbies weren't traveling around the world or helping impoverished communities in my spare time. They asked me what great thing I wanted to learn next and when I say $tool_X, I could feel the disappointment.
But it was good to see this first hand. On one hand, I think maybe HR is running the cultural filter a bit too high... who knows if the engineering culture is like that?
On the other hand, if that alone without asking a single question about my experience or skills is enough to reject me... that's a bit too extreme. I guess I'll find out soon enough.