[VaSteve]

I know its a Ferarri shop and all but this sounds like one of those situatons where you walk into an expensive suit shop and the snooty guy is all condescending....but you work in a suit shop.

Did you ask him what he drove?

Those kinds of questions have no place in an interview anyway.

If you're still considering it, at all, one technique I like is to ask the hiring mgr "now that you've met me, how do you think I would fit in here? " might give you the oppty to chat with the other employees on what they like about being there. Maybe he's nevr around after the hirng phase and you can do your own thing and not be bothered.