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How and What to Report? Inappropriate Remarks and "Illegal Questions" in TT Faculty Interview

Hi academics, I'm on the job market for a tenure-track position and have been to several interviews already (and have responded to a verbal offer with a counteroffer at this point). On my most recent interview, I was picked up from the airport by a male faculty member who seemed to really like me. In fact, I quickly got the sense he sounded too impressed by everything I said, and his pattern of compliments were all very personal and not particularly work-related, about things like my voice, confidence, personality, vocabulary, intelligence, etc. This sense of his being "too impressed" reminded me eerily of two different men in positions of authority who eventually openly hit on me in the past. The conversation topics in the car ride were strange as well. He professed fringe beliefs that he said his colleagues might be judgmental of, and in similar ways kept baiting me to talk about my own beliefs (or how accepting I am of his?). He did this for religious and political issues, and also about marital status saying once "well at least you're single" (when I hadn't disclosed relationship status). Other topics that can make a woman uncomfortable in a car alone with a stranger at night that he brought up include how people get punished too much for sexual crimes. Yes, he hit on the fact that he thinks #MeToo goes too far. Whatever your views of this issue, like if you have reasonable points about due process, doesn't it seem a highly inappropriate topic to discuss with a young female (or any) job candidate? I tend to go with the most charitable interpretations of things people say and do, so I easily brush this type of thing off and second guess myself. Maybe he really is just professionally impressed with me and a little awkward, I think. But then once I got into the interview everyone was so enthusiastic to me and one person hinted I will probably get an offer. I was able to recognize the difference between the professional behavior and positive regard everyone else showed me versus Dr. X's behavior. I got advice to tell the chair, but then through more interactions with them I learned the chair and X are best friends. In fact, they were friends together at a previous institution and Chair hired X AFTER they were friends. So I don't think I would get anywhere there. My point is, I'm obviously not taking the job because of how I felt around this man, but I want to report this in some way. I want them to know why I declined so maybe they'll understand why their searches might not be going well (in case this happens to others) and can do something about it. How should I do this in the case that talking to the Department Chair doesn't seem like a good option? Has anyone else experienced a similar issue and what did you do about it? I've typically kept my head down in the past, but I don't feel right ethically about doing that and exposing other people to such inappropriate behavior.
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If you're sure you won't take the offer, if the chair of the search committee is someone other than the chair of the department, I'd tell them and report it to the university's HR and the dean who oversees that department.