TL;DR: Think I'm better off receiving a rejection and not working here. PROCESS I was informed this was a 3-round process, followed by a decision. I applied with resume and cover letter on 8/8 ○ First round: Recruiter phone screen, 8/19 ○ Second round: Hiring Manager, 8/21 ○ Third round: 4 interviews with 4 stakeholders, 9/11 - 9/12 INTERVIEW LOOP ○ Staff were polite and professional. Normal PM questions, relaxed atmosphere. ○ No proactive comms concerning the 3 week gap between second and third rounds. A simple, "heads up: we have several staff out of office until mid-September" would have been appreciated. ○ In rounds 2 and 3, interviewers alluded to management turnover, delays from staff being out of office, and budgetary concerns. The latter struck me as unusual, as the same role had been advertised several times on LinkedIn. POST-INTERVIEW AFTERCARE Disappointing, yet I believe being rejected was in my personal best interest. I want to be clear: I believe I had a recruiter who cared about my candidacy, but couldn't be forthcoming with information because of company processes. My interview experience, along with those of others here on Glassdoor, fuel my belief there are systemic problems at this company. ○ No comms from the company for over a week make me feel like I'm being ghosted. ○ Reached out via emails on September 24 and September 30th requesting if there'd been a decision. Replies mentioned limited staff availability and ongoing conversations about headcount. ○ Notified I was rejected on 10/4. Requested feedback from the team to help with future interviews; told none provided. That's standard, but disappointing. ○ I was asked to keep an eye out for an internal survey to document my interview experience. I'd rather socialize my feedback here, where job-seekers can be informed from my experience.

The recruiter was late to the call, she was distracted and messaging during the discussion and couldn’t articulate the position beyond the description. Miraculously I was moved to the hiring manager, which was a treat where based on the incomplete job description and inability of the recruiter to expand on the role I basically walked through my background that I thought was applicable to the role. The hiring manager was somewhat combative in questioning and essentially unremarkable. I of course wasn’t moved ahead but only after I was ghosted for 28 days to get an auto rejected response. Honestly the recruiter and JD was the biggest issue here, the hiring manager was just the cherry on top. Company has a cool value proposition but recruiting is terrible…like maybe the worst I’ve encountered in a 10+ year career.