Am I overreacting or was this an inappropriate interview question?
I had a summer internship interview with the tech leader I'd be working with if hired. This was basically the last stage of the selective process, the interview was going fine (was more of a chat, really) and then I was asked bluntly and without context "How would you feel being the only woman in our [tech] team?"
I'm a first-year college student and while I've had professional experiences in the past, I'm still questioning whether this was an appropriate question or not. It was very unrelated with the overall theme of the interview, previous questions ("why do you want to work in this company" "why did you choose computer science etc") and it made me question whether my interviewer had a bias against me due to my gender.
For further context, I answered it quite well although taken aback. I explained that this is already the reality in my computer science classes, tech clubs, group projects, etc. As a technologist woman, I extend a hand to other teen girls interested in entering the field via volunteering. But it all felt very weird.