Initial phone screen with recruiter. Followed by several interviews with hiring manager, member of sales, renewals, CS peers. From the onset, I was extremely transparent with salary expectations. I was told a competitive offer could be made upon conclusion of the interview process. Fast forward through a lot of great conversations and positive signals, I was then “verbally presented an offer package by recruiter”. This package was net neutral from what I was making today. I was told there were some geographic controls around pay that were keeping them from being able to make a more compelling offer. I made a reasonable counter and was told by the recruiter that she would get with the hiring manager to see what they could do... Radio silence for days and then receive a canned email stating they would not be moving forward with an offer and thanked me for my time. Asked for some feedback as to why(as transparency is one of their core values), and never heard back. Interview process was great but experience with recruiter left a sour taste in my mouth on this company. Maybe they found someone they liked better, maybe they couldn’t make a compelling offer, etc. Maybe a requisition got pulled. These things can happen. At the end of the day, we are all adults and transparency is always appreciated. Especially when we invest our time and energy into the interview process.

I got an email from Recruiter, then jump into a call. The call was super brief. He explained the job and then asked no questions and just let me talk.