Lima One Capital interview questions

Recruiter reached out to me, saying I fit this role well. My experience exceeded all the minimum requirements. You could say I was almost overqualified. First red flag was a recruiter reached out even though Limaone already has an in house talent acquisition team. Not sure why they have both? The interview was a joke. They were not prepared, people were walking in & out of the room. Several times they lost their train of thought and even told me so. No prior research was done on me, and it was mentioned that they probably should’ve looked up my past experience beforehand. They were looking up my experience on the fly. Even with all that I exceeded all the expectations of the questions they asked, which only further added to my confusion in hindsight. Recruiter ghosted me after I followed up several times to her request… I didn’t even ask the maximum pay in their pay range and the recruiter got really weird that I didn’t go for the minimum pay. I used to work for a competitor and would regularly poach/steal many active clients from Limaone. This is because they often bait and switch clients with their portfolio product saying they can do it in one shot. In reality they drag the process out until you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place then have you break up your portfolio into smaller pieces. That being said I was already well versed on their strengths and weaknesses of their products & was excited to hit the ground running. Really confusing all together, feel like I was just a part of their recruitment pipeline and they never had any intention of hiring a real candidate, or they wanted someone they could take advantage of.

The interview process began fairly straightforwardly. It started with a short screening interview over the phone, which was pretty standard. The second interview was with two interviewers via Zoom which went very well. Both individuals were very personable and knowledgeable and asked great questions. Unfortunately, this is where things take a turn. For a third round interview, I met with two more individuals. To start, the interview started 5 minutes late with only one of the individuals joining. To say this individual put in minimal effort or interest in this call would be generous. The interviewer came off combative and was asking multiple questions in rapid succession. When the other interviewer finally decided to join the call, the individual hardly said more than 3 words. No questions, no comments, no interactions, aside from saying "you have to hit the ground running and be a real self starter to survive here" (big red flag). Finally, the two individuals decided to cut our already short 30 minute interview short by a few minutes after gracing me with their "charm and enthusiasm." Two weeks go by and I hear nothing, so I decided to reach out via email for an update. Nothing. A week later I sent another follow up email, again nothing. Finally after a month of zero updates, I sent a final email stating I am no longer interested in the role and that I hope they respect future candidates time by actually communicating with them the status of their candidacy. Magically I get a near instant reply with some excuse on how their "wires got crossed" and I should have been notified (sure). While there are definitely some great individuals that work at Lima One Capital, my experience tells me that this is quite a poorly run organization. While they claimed they were hiring multiple positions due to growth, based on research and other reviews, I think they burn people out quickly and experience quite a lot of turnover.