I've used the tactic of your first interview many times. Not because I didn't like the candidates, but because I didn't want someone to take my position just to get a paycheck and I felt obligated to convey it was going to be tough. I'd much rather have someone realize that my role isn't a good fit before extending an offer. My guess is that they'd had a string of people who didn't like the work environment and quit and they were trying to avoid that. I never wanted someone to tell me they thought they'd been mislead or that there wasn't full transparency about what the role entailed.
I haven't any weird interviews, but I've certainly interviewed lots of strange people, lol.
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