I made it through to the end of the interview process and was one of the last candidates but there were two major red flags: - I was transparent in stating that I had been laid off in my last role when my entire team was dissolved by my then-employer. However, one of the Going execs had asked a contact at my then-employer, and that person had not been aware of the team dissolution. As a result, I was treated and and questioned like I was dishonest, even at the end of the interview process where I was a final candidate. Trusting misinformed hearsay over the candidate and assuming honesty was a major red flag, and it was re-traumatizing after having experienced the layoffs. - I was also questioned (re: made suspicious) about why I had selected "No" to the question regarding U.S. work authorization as a foreign national eligible for work authorization. Even though I am a foreign national, I do not require sponsorship to work in the United States. The problem here is two parts: when job seeking, there are many cases of auto-rejection when a candidate selects "Yes" to that question, so in the case where one does not require sponsorship, it does not make sense to self-select out of the process. In addition, this question as a whole is exclusionary for foreign talent that can benefit American companies and is already a systemic barrier. Using this as an "honesty test" is inappropriate when it is meant to be exclusionary in an uneducated binary yes/no manner. It shows a lack of empathy and understanding for the few spectrum of talent, and weaponizing a lack of education on the topic is toxic.