> It was a pretty gutting way to interview with, at the time, the company of your dreams. My god, I'm terribly sorry that happened. I know you're probably not

> It was a pretty gutting way to interview with, at the time, the company of your dreams. My god, I'm terribly sorry that happened. I know you're probably not looking for apologies at this point but, as someone who has conducted countless interviews as the interviewer and I've had some really bad candidates on my phone and in person...I cannot fathom doing that to a person. If we're booked for a 30-minute interview, the candidate is getting all 30 minutes of my time. If I guess fairly early on that the candidate is not the right fit or simply didn't pass, we will talk about general tech topics or I will ask more professional background questions than I usually do (I try to keep to a 50/50 split of technical questions and "tell me about yourself"-style). If we're booked for an hour, the candidate gets a minimum of 30 minutes, and I shoot for a bit longer. Heck, I've had some candidates turn it around in those last few minutes. The candidate has already slogged all the way to this point. I feel that the minimum level of decency I can offer is to give most or all of the time I've already said I would give. This applies even if the fire alarm goes off; the candidate is going to get each one of those minutes because it's the respectful thing to do.