Weird recruiter experiences

Years ago, before WhiteHat was acquired, I got a call from their HR for a PM role. They asked my current CTC. I was okay at this point. Then the lady asked the CTC of my ex-company (one before MBA). I told her I don’t want to disclose that and it was irrelevant for her. She said it is required, I refused again. Then she asked my JEE rank. At this point I had made up my mind. We ended the conversation and I declined the role.

One YC backed startup run by 24-25 year old folks asked me to join them as an ML engineer, took my interview, rolled out the offer letter. Just after rolling out the offer letter they asked me “which college bro”, I belonged to tier 3 college. Instantly I get “sorry this offer was for tier 1 college peeps only and we’ll be rolling out another offer letter with revised pay based on my college” Simply had to say fuck off, these guys would have asked me to sit on the floor and drink water from some other tap.

Asked for my expected CTC. I answered and they weren't happy with it. Said they could only give at 40% increment of current CTC and then asked for my current CTC. After hearing my current CTC they said I shouldn't be earning this much and that I was obviously making it up. Then asked to send over my salary payslip which I refused. Basically the HR started being extremely rude at this point stating that I was being unprofessional. I asked their salary budget for the role which they refused to answer. Then I asked if they were willing to hire me for a lower CTC which she instantly agreed and said she knew I was reasonable and I shouldn't have lied about my CTC. I then said good luck finding a candidate for that amount and hung up.

A HR once tried to tell me that I shouldn’t look for more offers when I already have one, i told him to mind his own business and not teach others how to lift their own career. And hung up. Later I collected 4 offers till i got a 100% hike.

A recruiter from Licious called. Explained the role. Explained what Licious does. Asked if I was a non vegetarian. I said no. She said they don’t want to take it ahead as I wouldn’t understand their business.