I'm not sure if I fit the requirements for this thread or not, as I currently do not do deities...even though most of my beliefs and practices would fall easily within polytheistic traditions...
Anyway, I'll offer my experience: The first deity I experienced was Jesus, with whom I had a 'born again' experience when I was 12. He said, as still says, to me: "Come, Follow me." In my minds eye with an extended hand and a smile. My initial response was to follow the examples of born-again people in my community at the time, which was mainly to preach at (loudly) people I decided were in need of saving. In doing so, I caused pain and harm to some people...Jesus promptly told me to sit down, shut up, and watch and learn. I've been doing so since. I've been getting better at it. Jesus just smiles, says "Keep trying. Come, follow me!" over and over again.
Now, I have left the Abrahamic religions, as I find the cosmology and cosmogony offered by the more literal readings of the scriptures to be...unconvincing at best, even when granted allegorical rather than literal status. And I find the rest of the scriptures to be questionable as well. Jesus just shrugs his shoulders, and says, "Come, follow me." So, I continue to accept him...but not in a way that seems to match with any sect or interpretation that I've encountered...
Despite having become an animist, and who finds great similarities in my beliefs and practices with indigenous European and Native American systems as I've been able to discover about them...and indeed, with Taoism and Chinese folk religion and even Shinto...I have become agnostic about the human ability to apprehend or comprehend anything meaningful about deity. So I know some about those various gods, but I've never really experienced them...oh, I've had experiences...but none of them included a deity saying to the effect, "Hi, I'm [insert deity name and/or title here], please honor me!"
I hope my response answers your OP!