Cold outreach about the position. I'm pretty happy with my current role, but decided to take the call because I've heard great things about Reforge as a learning platform. Red flag 1: during the call, I was asked where I heard about the role (um, through you because you reached out to me?) and repeat 4x that this was a "hands on" position. Despite my response that I do that currently - manage a team of developers and am hands on with planning - the question was repeated. Despite this, I decided to continue to the next round. Red flag 2: While the overall conversation during round 2 was good and typical - management style, deep dive into a recent project - I didn't like the overall response to a question I had about their recent layoffs. "We didn't hire the right people." I get that layoffs happen, it's a business, but to shirk responsibility and assign blame to the employees you let go didn't sit well with me. While I'd already made up my mind to pass on continuing in the process or referring anyone in my network, Reforge helped that decision by simply not following up with me after round 2. Ghosted! Win win.