Josie Maran Cosmetics interview questions

I interviewed for a digital media director role and they were super communicative, everything was moving fast as each week I had an interview with someone new. I was told it was going to be a 4 step interview process. I was excited about the role as I loved everyone I met and the position and was told twice that I was a perfect fit. For the last step, I was to meet with Josie Maran herself which I was super excited about. I met with her and it was a super uncomfortable interview. it started with technical issues and then her computer died at the beginning of the interview which she later hopped on her phone. It only got more uncomfortable after that. She continued pointing out how tan I was—I'm Latina and I'm naturally tan year round as that's my natural completion. She probably mentioned how tan I was 5 times throughout the interview. She then proceeded to ask what my ethnicity was which made me even more uncomfortable as I felt that had nothing to do with how my experience fits this specific role. She barely asked me any technical questions and I mostly carried the interview by asking her questions. Even with that experience I still send out a thank you note to her as I loved everyone else I interviewed with. As the final step, I imagined I would hear feedback soon. A week passed by and I never heard anything back. I followed up with the recruiter twice and I was completely ghosted by them.

The interview process was pretty disorganized from the start. After applying for the PM role, I received a Linked In message asking if I was still interested in the position, but it was for a different role than I applied for. A few minutes later I received another Linked In message asking if I was interested in the PM role. I responded to both and said I was interested, thinking that I would gain more information about why they suggested the other role. Then I was emailed asking if I was available later that day for an online interview, no specific time and also no additional information about what position this interview was for and who I would be talking to. I happened to be on vacation when I received this email, so I was able to take the interview and suggested a time. I signed on to the interview thinking it was a phone call and it was a video call. I was fine having video on, but this was definitely different from any other first round interview I’ve had. I feel like most companies intentionally lead with a phone interview, so that there aren’t any bias based on appearance, gender, race, etc., but maybe this is the new norm with everyone being on video conferences more often. The interviewer complained multiple times about how busy and tired she was and she also had no prepared questions. She hadn’t even read my resume and asked me to send it to her while we talked. I found out after I asked that I was in fact interviewing for the PM role and that the person I was interviewing with would be my manager.