Center for Excellence in Higher Education interview questions

Pretty standard for remote positions, there's a screening phone call, live video interview (zoom), and follow up interview. The first live interview is with several people from the department, maybe not the ones you'd be working with, but there were four or five of them. They also included several other candidates at the same time, which was semi awkward. The follow up interview is the last one before an offer. By this point I had heard enough that I was thinking I didn't want this job, but the final interview was with the same several people from the department, and maybe one or two other people. It's an individual interview, so no other candidates. They were pretty quick about moving the process along and letting you know within a couple days if you were progressing.

Initial calls from an individual from an independent recruiter, then passed to another recruiter from a different agency that works directly with a CTO consultant (from Fortium Partners), but not directly for CEHE. Two screening calls and then a phone interview with the interim CTO consultant. The consultant (interim) CTO has a very dry personality and he seemed extremely annoyed and uninterested in the phone call. He was very judgmental sounding, as I don't have a BS degree. My extensive 20+ years proven hands-on work experience wasn't enough. I needed the piece of paper I guess. He also described how he already set a course for CEHE to take in how they do business and how their tech will be set up; even though they are actively hiring a new full-time CTO and Director of Engineering whom should be making those decisions. During one of the questions I described how I would make a change to meet the business needs and vision of CEHE and he seemed very put out that I was throwing off his kingdom building. I don't believe this consultant should be making the decisions and screening for potential qualified candidates. This shows the character and quality of the organization. He only works 3 days a week, so it took several weeks for each step due to his limited time. I would NOT recommend this company to anyone. It was a major waste of my time. Their priorities and interest level on hiring extremely qualified people are highly inadequate. Putting a consultant in charge of making all your decisions, versus listening to their advice is very dangerous. Their current reviews are extremely low and now I know why. Steer clear of this company.