I got an email inviting me to do a phone interview for 45 minutes. Immediately on the call I knew something was off. She was sitting at her kitchen counter and said she just needed a break from her desk, which to some extend I understand, but as a candidate that just screams "This isn't important to me and I'm not giving it my full attention." Which made sense when she told me she really didn't have any experience as a recruiter, so at that point I knew this probably wasn't going to go well. When you have someone who doesn't know recruiting doing the initial phone screens, the candidate experience is going to be non-existent. But to be fair, they're hiring a recruiter! they just don't have a recruiter doing the recruiting. She tells me the call is very casual and to not take it too seriously. She just asked me one question "Tell me about yourself" and that was it. She didn't ask specifics - which roles i've recruited for, my tech stack, etc. After that she told me a bit about the company and the interview process but we wrapped up about 10 minutes early and at that point I knew I didn't get the job. Companies, please have actual recruiters doing your recruiting. Otherwise, it's just a really poor experience.