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Never underestimate the dark powers of an incompetent HR department. Not saying this is the case here, but sure has the looks of it ... The person that interviewed was a programmer. The follow up to an interview is usually done by HR. As stated earlier, this is simply an observation I made throughout the years when being in contact with various HR departments. Your mileage may vary.

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Any interview I've ever had where HR is involved is somewhere I would never work.

Last time this happened I was informed that Russian and Indian are races. Talking about my coworkers by their country of origin (I was saying how refreshing it was to work with a broad array of people in SF vs what I normally work with [white male] in Oklahoma.)

Russian is a race. Seriously.

HR employees are worthless in my experience (~35 years in the labor force).

Only worthless? You've been lucky. I have learned from my experience that HR is at best an enormous obstruction that must be continually worked around, and is at worst an enemy to whom you should never show your back.

Or your belly, for that matter.

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