Some basic, fair, straightforward questions. An emphasis on my "passions" which are really important and which I really appreciated they asking about. The person leading the conversation had a pleasant personality and seemed genuinely nice.
I saw quite a few "gaps" in the process. They seemed to dodge a lot of my questions. For one, I wanted to speak with the engineers I'd be working with and they sort of dodged and insinuated that this was hard to organize; that they were all abroad. I read the reviews on Glassdoor and now understand that they don't believe in local teams, but instead, on everyone working remotely. I have no experience with that kind of situation so it makes me nervous. I respectfully asked to meet the person I would work for and was told that he was in, I think, Spain.
I thought they meant that he was on vacation.
Then they said that I shouldn't worry, that he was very good at his job and he believed in everyone being very responsible and accountable but that he lived in Spain full-time. I've never heard of that before and that had me a bit concerned. Spain? Why not have a project manager in the office available to help out the developers? My last job, we had a PM and all the developers were there with me everyday. I feel like I need a "mentor" and if my mentor is in Spain and expects me to be a bit of a freelancer, I don't know how it is I'm supposed to get better at my job which is a very important characteristic to me. I think they could sense my hesitance and that may have played a role in the conversation "ending" there. I felt like they were wanting to hire me as a "freelancer" and I am definitely looking for a full-time position where I can move up over time.
