I was first contacted by phone by an internal recruiter to set up a preliminary (screening) interview with the hiring manager the individual hired into this position would directly report to. I then interviewed with the hiring manager via Zoom for about 30 minutes, and walked away with a very positive impression of her, the company, the position, and my prospects. I was subsequently contacted by a different internal recruiter to schedule a longer and more formal round of interviews with various attorneys at the company via Zoom. I was a bit surprised when I received the calendar invitation, as it called for three hours of non-stop interviews with five different people (2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.) -- correct, not even five minutes baked into the itinerary for a potential restroom break. But I was very excited about the prospect of this opportunity, so I planned ahead and knew what to expect in this regard. I felt this round of formal interviews went exceptionally well. The final leg of my interview was a second meeting with the hiring manger to whom I would ultimately be reporting if offered the job, and we went over our scheduled time by about 20 minutes. After each interview, I promptly sent courteous and personalized thank-you notes to every person I interviewed with, and also to the recruiters who helped facilitate the interviews. All told, I interviewed with the company for about four hours (and spent at least an equal amount of time prepping). NOTE: The job posting (like most job postings by Tenneco, I've since noticed) included the following language: "We pride ourselves on moving through processes quickly, and you can be sure of transparency and prompt communication throughout." During each interview, I was sure to ask questions concerning next steps, etc. In response to one such question, the hiring manager told me the search would be fast moving as help was immediately necessary, and that I should hear something within a week of my longer interview (likely with a hiring decision). Crickets. Having heard nothing for a few a weeks, I reached out to the recruiter I had the most contact with, by phone, to see if I could get an update. He told me all of the feedback regarding my interviews had been positive, but that he didn't expect a decision would be made for another few weeks. This surprised me, given what the hiring manager had told me, but understanding many variables could have altered that path, I chose to think little of this. A few more weeks passed without any news from Tenneco. So, I sent an email directly to the hiring manager seeking an update. She ghosted me. Another couple of weeks passed, and still having heard nothing, I decided to call the recruiter again. I got his voicemail, and left him a brief but detailed one, requesting an update on my candidacy. He never returned my phone call. To this day, nearly **three months** since my final interview for which I dedicated several hours of my time, I have not once heard from the company, and have not received any genuine update despite my numerous professional attempts to obtain one. I recognize that, these days, quite unfortunately, employers ghost candidates regularly. I've experienced it before, as I'm sure most of you reading this post likely have as well. However, I can assure you this is the first time I've experienced it where the company has flatly advertised its interviewing processes as founded upon "transparency and prompt communication throughout." I have never written a review like this before, and frankly, I hesitated to do so here. My guess is my experience may well have predominantly resulted from isolated failures to perform duties committed by the recruiter responsible for relaying my rejection. But there is really no excuse for antics like these. The lawyers involved with my interviews understood the sacrifice I made to interview with them, and I am not wrong to feel entitled to some form of communication from the company after having made that sacrifice. A "we thank you for your time, but regret to inform you" correspondence would have been sufficient, and I would have walked away with a lot more respect for this organization.