I completed a phone screen for a Director role and sent a follow-up thank you note the same day. After receiving no acknowledgment for 8 days (recruiter had indicated timeline was "within the week"), I sent a brief check-in email. The next day I received an automated rejection from the ATS with no personal communication from the recruiter. While I completely understand that not every candidate advances, basic professional courtesy matters, particularly for director-level positions. A brief email acknowledging the thank you note or responding to the follow-up would have taken 30 seconds. Once you've invested time speaking with a candidate and they've been professional in their communications, ghosting them sends a poor message about how the organization values people's time. I understand high recruiting volumes create challenges, but improving post-interview communication would better align the candidate experience with Thrivent's stated values. I hope Thrivent will consider improving their communication practices for future candidates.

5-6 Interview Sessions, started with recruiter then hiring manager and followed up with various panel discussions, made it to final round and just missed offer but overall, very good experience.

Applied online. Was contacted via email to hold a phone interview. Replied quickly with available times. Heard nothing. Followed up at end of same week to find out when interview could be, was given a very narrow window of time that same day, so I offered Monday instead. Interviewer was several minutes late calling me for interview. Spoke for 10-15 minutes, asked very few questions, but seemed to be a positive conversation. I was told I’d hear that same week. I sent a thank you email same day, and heard nothing. A week went by and I sent a follow up email. Still heard nothing. A total of 8 weeks went by and then I finally got an automated email from the company saying I wasn’t going further in the interview process. Overall incredibly unprofessional and poor experience for what I thought was a reputable company.