I got an email from Athenahealth HR through Stack Overflow. Sent in my resume. We talked. I asked him to find out if they offer any sort of remote position or part-time-in-the-office position. Was told it would be checked. (didn't know offhand) Guy said he had 3 pages of notes about me. Got no response for over a week. Emailed back, guy said he forgot and apologized. Told me that they didn't offer any remote position or part-time for engineering (but for all other departments, they do). I told him I was fine with that. Nothing after... like I didn't exist, even after several follow-up emails. Bottom line, don't ask anything in the interview or pre-interview that makes it seem like you will not give your soul to the company, or they will just ignore you.

I interviewed with one of the API-focused teams for a 30-minute hiring manager round. The interview began with questions about my applications to other teams, which had already been discussed with HR, and the mention that candidates may be redirected to other teams felt discouraging before the technical discussion even started. During the discussion, the interviewer appeared dismissive and showed limited interest in understanding the context behind technical decisions (for example, quickly judging latency as “very high” without exploring system constraints). Overall, the interaction felt somewhat one-sided and not very candidate-friendly.