I entered the Teams room on time but the hiring manager was one minute late. The hiring manager didn’t know exactly the role he was interviewing which seemed to be unprofessional. Ahead of the interview they requested me to fill in a 12 pager form which didn’t indicate the knowledge of data schema/ data architecture skills. I asked the recruiter if they require a technical/IT specialist and she said no but she wasn’t sure as the hiring manager wasn’t talking to her directly which seemed to be bizarre. They asked me to present a case study from my previous employer which took me 1 full day to prepare based on the structure of the interview. Ahead of starting the presentation, the hiring manager mentioned they required someone with technical background and at that point I mentioned that I’m not an IT or a data architect which didn’t stop him from letting me to present a 20’ case study. He asked me a couple of questions which I answered very clearly. Before we move on to the final phase of the interview he mentioned that they don’t know a general PM but someone who has cut the code on their own in the past and acted as a data architect. I mentioned that this wasn’t a requirement in the job description and he agreed this is a miss from their side. When I mentioned that he needs to inform the recruiter, he said that he would inform the person who posted the job spec to make the change which seems odd for a hiring manager who needs to create the job spec on themselves. Overall it was a disappointing experience and I’m happy things didn’t progress with the company as the whole experience was very unprofessional.