It blind-sided me! I was sent an email from a female employee telling me they wanted me to answer a couple of questions. I did. She then called me, told me that HR guy was very excited about my background on my resume and they wanted to interview me. I had to really work to be available during the hours they could interview me because I am actively seeking employment right now. Once I finally cleared my schedule, I called this female employee and she set up a time for interview. She never mentioned about any quiz. I arrived on site and she put me in a conference room and said I had to take a quiz, set the time and left me. First, the mouse did not work. I had to use the one on the laptop. Second, she didn't share with me how long I had or even about my having to take any quiz/test when I got there. So I'm working on this spreadsheet as fast as I can. And I am a very confident successful professional admin type who knows MS Office 2013 inside and out. She informed me that I had to use LINKEDIN. I have NEVER had to use that as part of a test for employment. Not that it's a difficult program but first of all, the quiz should not be timed. Any normal company would want to prove you can do something, get the task done, not pressure you and run you ragged to see how fast you can accomplish it. I guess they don't care about accuracy. I was then really shocked when this female employee had the nerve to offer my being able to return in 90 days to retake the quiz. REALLY? Is she for real??? How condescending! Why on earth would I want to work with a team of non-professionals as these? They didn't care how good or confident I was...they just wanted a fast moving robot. Dodged a bullet there! I have been a manager and I would MUCH rather have accuracy than speed. And it wasn't even over a half hour that I was working on this adding of detail to this spreadsheet. Geeezzz...give me a break!

I applied a few months ago and received an email from a recruiter looking to follow up for an interview. I replied immediately and never received a response. For a top rated employer, it left a bad taste in my mouth.