The worst interview I have ever experienced. I stopped the phone interview after only 7 minutes. The recruiter was rude, disrespectful, and condescending. I told him that it was clear that it wasn't going to work out for either one of us and thanked him for his time. Although I was extremely disappointed in the recruiter's attitude and behavior, I'm happy that I was able to determine that the position with Merkle was not a good fit early in the process (i.e., within the first 7 minutes of the initial call) as opposed to much later.