Started off rocky with some scheduling issues. Originally had a meeting scheduled with the recruiter, but an external sourcer ended up vetting first without notice. Was then sent back to the initial recruiter for a chat. The rest was straightforward (about 7 total interviews, including a presentation). With holidays, they had a few reschedules pushing me to earlier time slots. I had some big life events I was commicating a workaround for, but there was little flexibility and details given seemed to be ignored. I ended up accomodating the rush. Gave me feedback of "no later than" deadlines twice after finalizing all stages. 2 timelines communicated were missed. Instead of notifying me on delays, I was ghosted for over two weeks on my follow ups after the 2nd promised feedback date. While I understand the bottlenecks of a hiring process and the politics of keeping things on the hush for another frontrunner, the false timeline promises and lack of communication throughout felt dehumanizing. While hiring pipelines are quick and competitive, a little candor and transparency goes a long way. From my experience, the recruiter handling my candidacy did not reflect the level of professionalism I would look for in a company.

It was a contract position. The process wasn't very good. The wait time between initial submission and the first round interview is about 3 weeks. The actual job description was vague and didn't really match what they are looking for.