The first interview was typical, with an HR recruiter. She assured me that the company valued the time of every candidate. She was personable and friendly.
The next interview was with a hiring manager. It was a typical zoom interview.
Two days later I was asked to do an assignment. I spent two hours on the assignment and returned it the next day.
A few days later, I was asked to interview with more members of the team. Each was thirty minutes. Times four people. So two hours. I was told I could expect to hear back by the middle of the following week. I heard nothing the following week.
After 2.5 weeks passed, I followed up with an email (as I did after every interview). They decided to go another direction with someone who had more experience in a different area. That’s fine, of course. But this fact should have been evident before I even did the two-hour assignment and spent two hours in more interviews. So much for valuing the candidate’s time.
Of the six people who interviewed me total, only one looked at my LinkedIn profile. Few asked a question I hadn’t already answered in the first interview. The last four interviews were so identical they could have been held at the same time. No one was prepared, and just one of the four checked LI before the interview.
This is NOT a company that respects people’s time or values the candidates who take the time to apply and interview.
