This easily shades into love-bombing, which is a standard recruitment technique. "Oh, you're so interesting." Etc. I deliberately went to a private meeting to

This easily shades into love-bombing, which is a standard recruitment technique. "Oh, you're so interesting." Etc. I deliberately went to a private meeting to see how all of this worked, and it was me and two recruiters with a huge picture of the cult leader. Super awkward. We asked each other a lot of questions. One of mine was "Are you sure you're not a cult?" "Oh no. We're definitely not a cult. Why would you think that? Ha ha. Oh dear. No." As cults go, I didn't get the impression they were very successful.