I had a 30 minute interview with a recruiter. My relative is employed at this job and they are a person of status. The recruiter told me she would get back to me within a few days on whether or not I got a second interview. After three weeks of silence, I finally decided to reach out myself. She responded a day later saying they decided not to move forward with me as a candidate. Taking that long to respond to anyone is disrespectful, but it’s worse in this situation because I have a family member who works there. So they made themselves look really bad to both of us, but embarrassed them as well. For the record, my background perfectly fit what they were asking for- the exact same degree and experience in both titles of the position for over 3 years apiece.