The first round interview was with the hiring manager and another architect. Most questions are about skills would be useful for the position. The interview questions were quite normal and standard.
More than a month later, I was invited to have the 2nd, and also the final round interview in its Sydney office with both L, who was the boss of the hiring manager, and the HR F.
L showed up on time with a hard copy of my resume and gave me a firm handshake. Although He was not a technical person, He could ask a few meaningful questions relating to my current and previous jobs and the position to be filled.
Everything looked well till the HR came in the room two minutes later. I stood up and gave him a handshake. He smiled at me, but immediately turn into a poker face when he sat down. He did not smile again and was rude and offensive all the time. He took my resume from L without asking, while the latter said nothing about it, and became relatively quiet for the rest of time, a sign I started to feel that L was the HR's subordinate, which was odd for any company. Later, this is confirmed by the recruiter who contacted me.
The HR DID NOT read my resume prior to the interview.
I concluded that he had little interest to proceed further of the hiring process when he took over. After the interview, I felt very regret that I did not end the interview from here and walk away. For the rest of the time, the process was like an interrogation rather than an interview.
The HR paused many times to check my resume and kept asking information clearly visible on it, like my working history, or irrelevant questions, like what was my salary 7 years ago. Worse yet, he was furious when I pointed out those were irrelevant and frequently interrupted me when he was not satisfied with my answers.
None of the questions came from the HR was related to the position he was supposed to fill. He was totally clueless about the job and what kind of people the company needed, and that he did not care.
Although the HR got the number of my current pay, he did not leak what kind of packages he could offer.
The interview was then over. The final round interview cost 33 minutes only, although the recruiter scheduled a two-hour interview.
The HR pointed me the way out, and L stood up, smiled, and gave me another handshake, a cold, sweaty and limp handshake.