Applied via internal referral, was contacted for a first round recruiter interview about a week later. Spoke with the recruiter for 30 minutes and had a really great conversation. She asked me to hold time later in the week to meet with the hiring manager. Never heard from her again even after following up.

This is the first time I’ve had a negative experience with a recruiter. The recruiter set up a screening interview and then never called me at our scheduled time. After waiting twenty minutes I sent an email and two hours later she responded that the ATS had put the meeting into her spam folder. We rescheduled for a few days later and when we spoke she was not very friendly and didn't seem to listen to my responses. After asking me three questions she said I didn’t have tech experience and I couldn’t handle a fast paced company. That it would be “a tough learning curve for me”. None of these things were true. Basically she was implying that I was too old and it was an issue that I had taken some time off from work. I don’t mind answering questions about how I would handle a fast paced environment or getting back to work, but I didn’t appreciate her assumptions. I’ve interviewed at other tech companies in San Francisco and had positive experiences. I was really excited about the position and Zendesk, but this felt like a waste of my time.