It couldn't be more obvious that this company pressures its employees into working to support the higher-up's personal political beliefs outside of their actual work. I was interviewed by two stone-faced women who, before even asking me about my experience or talking about the role, asked me very pointedly what I would think about being part of their DEI program. I replied that I hadn't read anything about DEI in the job description and asked for more detail. It sounds like the company has a DEI unit that they describe as optional, however, the very presence of something like that at the workplace puts a lot of pressure on employees to jump on the bandwagon and sound the rallying cry.
I was between a rock and a hard place because while I really want to bring solar to as many people as possible, joining a DEI movement outside my actual work duties or fighting the pressure to do so not only sounds exhausting but there are some elements of DEI that I find too extreme and it seemed like it would be too difficult to glean just WHAT causes the company supports. So I told them that it didn't sound like I was a fit.
All in all, this experience is very much aligned with the other interview review for this company saying that the interviewers were more concerned as to whether I would fit into their clique than whether I would be able to do the job. Is this a company or a political bully pulpit? The question remains...