Sure, but read closer,and you'll see that the impression of the two interviews is based almost entirely on the subjective terms the writer chooses to describe t

Sure, but read closer,and you'll see that the impression of the two interviews is based almost entirely on the subjective terms the writer chooses to describe them. One person was the "shark on the team" whose questions got "very aggressive", while the other was "intimidating but tolerable" and "I could tell he was protecting the quality of his team". Or consider "Instead of demanding from me why I wanted to work there, he just tried to get a feel for what I was aiming for." Was there really a difference, or did the writer just click personally with one group and not the other? If it had gone differently, I could imagine him writing that "team one was respectful of my time and allowed me to order my favorite sandwich and eat during the interview, while team 2 expected me to waste yet another hour socializing with the group at a bad restaurant, where they got very aggressive asking about my personal life". So maybe company one really was hostile; just like you, I've seen that happen. OTOH, maybe it was just a personality clash, or maybe some of it is slanted by the fact that he got an offer from one and not the other. In my experience, once an interview process starts to go bad, I start to see everything the company does in a bad light, and vice versa.