Protective Industrial Products interview questions

Had a great, 1/2 hour phone interview with the CIO and was asked to come to PIP for an in person interview. Show up and notice the place is very neat and organized. Interview with the CIO first, then with two peers, and then with the CFO and the HR lady. Finally, back with the CIO and the interview concluded. All were very nice people. The questions were fair and technical with regard to the position. All, but the peers, had a copy of my resume. I was asked all kinds of technical and professional questions and I feel that I did very well with them. This 2 hour process is one that I felt good about. A few days later, I get feedback that they weren't interested as they felt I wasn't a take charge person and that I would not work well alone. Seriously? In my resume, and verified by my professional references, I was more than able to provide those qualities, and then some, in order to do this job well. In my opinion, an opinion formed by someone within PIP, who didn't have the facts (or my resume) was able to come to that conclusion. And, that's ok. "No" simply means "Next Opportunity"! :D My advice: Have all involved with the interview process on the same page, along with a copy of the interviewees resume. It's ok to not hire someone, but at least be prepared before you come to a conclusion.

The interview process felt more like a police interrogation than a job interview, as the interviewer picked apart every single detail of my resume, even questioning me on my choice of font and size. I was grilled with technical questions completely unrelated to the job description for well over an hour. They were looking for a network engineer proficient with Juniper equipment, to handle routing, switching, and network security. Instead I was interrogated on virtualization, Windows server administration, and hardly asked a single question related to networking. The interviewer outright told me that 95% of the resumes he receives never even make it past the initial phone interview, I was apparently good enough to be brought in for an in person interview and was treated like absolute garbage. I'd rather have a root canal than interview with this company. Avoid at all costs, even the external recruiter who contacted me for it in the first place is now refusing to work with them after hearing my feedback.