Hcol

hi all, like everyone here, i’ve been actively applying and interviewing since january. for some context, i live in a HCOL area. however, this experience was different. i did 3 rounds of interviews with a tech startup. 1st round was a phone call, 2nd round was 30 minute Zoom interview with the hiring manager, and 3rd final round was 3 back to back onsite interviews with members of the team and a 30 minute tour of the company. my onsite interview was last wednesday (9/17). they moved pretty fast for the previous rounds and because i didn’t hear anything this week, i’m assuming i didn’t get the role. what makes this even worse was that one of the interviewers was actually really disrespectful to me on during the onsite interviews. while asking me some questions he blurted out saying “you don’t even know what we do here.” this made me feel so angry. i did hours of research of this company and for him to say that i didn’t know anything about what they did there was actually so disrespectful to me. not once did he ask me if i knew anything about the company. the entire time he was asking me questions about my current role. i didn’t want to call him out and say it was disrespectful because i didn’t want to speak out of line being a guest somewhere else. also, for important context im 25F and was applying for a receptionist position while the man interviewing me was 27 M who is chief of staff. and yes, the job market has been so rough for me that i showed up to a 2 hour interview for a receptionist position. i’m beyond disappointed in my experience interviewing for this company. i spent $50 on uber going there and back (total ~$100). i also started sobbing in the car ride back home because i just feel so humiliated. i’m not sure when things will get better.