Emergency Reporting interview questions

I had my first interview in July and was called back for a second in October where I was offered the job. I was able to interview with a few of the other people in Marketing that I would be working with which was great. Everyone was very friendly and kind as well. The manager was very understanding that most of my experience came from a school setting and I'm so glad that they took a chance on me as a student straight out of college!

Be careful if you get an offer, they might not honor it! The first step was the typical phone screening interview with a Sr. Developer, asking about my motivations for wanting to work at Emergency Reporting, technical ability, and ability to work with a team. Next was an hour and a half long panel interview with three developers and a scrum master. They asked the same type of questions as the phone screen, but more in depth. There was a single white board question that a 200 level WWU CS student could probably solve without too much trouble. The four interviewers were very friendly and approachable. The final step was a programming assignment with the request of spending only two hours working on it. The problem required a little thought about how to best design the program, but was a very manageable task for anyone with a few years of programming experience. I got an offer the same day that I turned in the programming assignment, and was told how excited they were to have me join the team. What they offered was a modest salary compared to the market, surrounding area, and even my current, non-development job -- That's what negotiation is for right? They claimed that $57k was the going rate for someone with a CS degree and two years of software development experience, but I was negotiating towards the $65k that I asked for on my application. The person who was authorized to increase the salary in the offer was not the person I was negotiating with, so negotiation functioned under the car dealership style of proxy negotiation. They were not having any salary negotiation, insisting that the original offer stood firm. I told them I would make my decision by the end of the day, after I had the chance to talk to my current employer about the offer, and they agreed. After telling my employer that I was taking a position at another company, I received an email from ER saying that the offer was withdrawn -- They pulled the offer out from under me, despite agreeing to let me decide by the end of the day. When I inquired as to why the offer was withdrawn, I was told, " we were not sure you wanted to work at Emergency Reporting as much as we initially wanted you on board." I wrote the heads of the company about the ethics of honoring your word when you make an agreement, but was met with a generic response about what ER strives to be and well wishes that my current job works out. The offer was made Friday. I Counter-offered Monday. The job was withdrawn Tuesday. I had never been punished for negotiating salary before, but I guess there is a first time for everything! Do your research and be careful dealing with the leadership at this company -- they do not honor their word!