Very LONG interview process. 7 interviews for a mid level position is crazy. Also during the 4th interview, the interviewer asked how I would help prevent burn out of cross functional team member which is a big red flag!

Recruiter reached out and we scheduled a time to chat via the phone. She never called, so I called her. No answer, but roughly 2 hours later she called and said she was sick so we rescheduled. Not a great start, but I’m understanding of situations like that. We got in contact a few days later and spoke for 30min about the team and job expectations. A week later I met with the hiring manager via Zoom. Chatted for roughly 30min and discussed my past job experiences. She seemed distracted throughout our talk. The week after that, I met with two of the team members. They were nice. Conversation lasted about an hour. Never received an update afterwards on when the next interview would take place. I contacted the recruiter via email but she never got back to me. Then almost 2 weeks later, the hiring manager reached out and we scheduled another interview with her. This time it lasted almost an hour. Again, she seemed very distracted the entire time. Another week passed by with no update. So I contacted the recruiter again for an update on my next steps. No response still. Mind you, we were approaching a month since this process started and I hadn’t received one update or response from her. Another week goes by and I receive a generic email letting me know that they were moving forward with other candidates. I accept the fact that I must not have had the experience they were looking for. But as a potential candidate, I spent over a month in the interview process and had multiple lengthy interviews. I had to move my schedule around to work with the times they scheduled the meetings at. It was a hassle for sure. A little communication throughout the process or afterwards would have been nice. Overall, I found the hiring team to be very unprofessional and they don’t seem to care how much time of yours they take up. Hopefully if you are a potential candidate, you don’t get the same treatment.