Phone interview with HR followed by scheduling to come in and meet with the team.
Email communications right from the beginning after the initial phone screen were very poor, though I still went forward with the interview.
Before I even walked in the door, I had a problem. I was told where to park, simply in the visitors parking area. Unfortunately, this area was fully taken up by employees. I had to drive around the building trying to figure out where to park, all the while trying to get into the building on time. I ended up having to park my car on an unpaved pile of rocks. Not gravel. Not dirt. Rocks.
When I made my way inside, I found out that the person I was to meet with was not available, so I met with the CFO instead.
The CFO was nice, but knew next to nothing about the job itself or its day to day. I grilled him on how the company handled previous recesssions and how they plan to handle the one that seems to be coming.
The answer was wishy-washy and vague, but more or less was "we laid people off and intend to do so again."
The next interview was with a help desk agent and a project manager. This interview was a waste of time. Very little technical interviewing took place and nothing from the past places of my employment came up. It felt more like chatting.
So far, I found the interview process unprofessional almost from start to finish.
So there was to be an interview with the IT manager (finally) the next day. However, as a working sysadmin, I have issues to deal with for the company currently paying me money to do so and one came up. I immediately let Watson know and gave them times I would be available to reschedule.
After several days of no response, I asked them to withdraw my candidacy. If they cannot even value the time of the folks they are interviewing, I find it difficult to believe they would value the time and effort of their own employees.