I understand that many recruiters have to interview so many candidates back-to-back, but for interviewees, it's a one-time chance to be heard and impress. I was disappointed as the HR recruiter from Singapore was late, no apology or anything, clearly not interested (or tired), but she asked me the same question 3 times, clearly not listening to me. The moment she asked me how much I was earning, she quickly wanted to end the call because clearly it was too high, but she didn't even give me a chance to explain how open I was to negotiating. Talking to the HR/recruiter member is the first step to understanding a company, and I was very disappointed.

Initial reach out from recruiter on Linked in. Scheduling app to find a time. They use Ring so your carrier may see it as spam and drop the call. Good conversation but seemed like canned questions that were already answered in my resume. DataDog does record interviews as well so be aware of that. Salary didn't align at all with my experience so I declined moving forward. Also requiring hybrid work and commute is not tenable at this stage in my career so overall we were very misaligned with my current title (SR role) to a front line manager role.