The hiring and interview process was extremely dragged out. I was initially contact via e-mail, and then had an initial but extensive phone interview with the hiring manager. A couple of weeks later, I had another phone interview with the VP of marketing out in California. I was finally brought for an in-person interview a month after THAT. I was told that they would be making a decision by the end of the week; at the end of week, they finally decided that that was an appropriate time to finally discuss salary--they still hadn't made a decision as to my candidacy.
They refused to give me any kind of range for salary despite multiple requests. Finally, after extensive salary research and considering the costs of living, I named my salary request. It was reasonable to begin with, but I also made it clear that I was open to negotiation. They negotiated in completely bad faith, naming a salary which was about 37% lower than I had requested, and extremely low both for the position and the region. However, this sounded like a good opportunity, so I wanted to make it work. They refused to negotiate or come up even a few thousand dollars on their "offer", so I made arrangements to find a roommate, etc. to lower my monthly bills and thus allow me to accept their offer.
I was given a start date for three weeks following, and agreed. However, they continued their bad faith behavior, and I received an email that we would not be moving forward since they could not meet my salary expectations--which was not their decision to make.
Summary: Interview process was unreasonably long. They made me a low offer after negotiating in bad faith. They retracted their offer with no real explanation given.
