I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at My Hot Lunchbox (Costa Rica) in Oct 2025
Interview
I was contacted by a freelancer recruiter for this position, had 3 rounds of interviews with more people each time, they asked the same things and couldn't even answer one of the questions I asked at the end. They said I will recieve an answer by the end of the week and then ghosted me completely.
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at My Hot Lunchbox (Cary, NC) in May 2024
Interview
Amateur. Hour. They will waste your time because they're wrestling with process.
Two initial interviews with recruiters @ 1 hour + each. Following these interviews I was told that there would be an additional three interviews with MHL staff and a personality assessment.
The reality was 6 additional interviews @ 1+hours (they kept adding more staff to interview with). I just kept smiling and sending thank you notes.
Each time, the feedback was overwhelmingly positive and I was assured by the recruiting team that I was the final candidate.
The snag seemed to arrive with the final interview with their contracted "HR & Culture" rep who is helping them build their hiring and onboarding processes.
She asked two red flag questions, one about whether I have a family and one about my ethnicity, where my extended family was "from".
I was diplomatic with my answers even though I have never (because it's borderline illegal and of no consequence to the work to be done) asked these questions when I hire; but, I was on my heels with surprise and was breathing a sign of relief that this was the final interview.
She also noted that though the position was initially posted as remote (since some of their org is geographically dispersed), now they were thinking more hybrid or in office for this position.
I was clear, throughout the process that I was a couple states over, but spend a lot of time in the organization state, so traveling back and forth for regular in office meetings wasn't a problem. But it was surprising to find out, after more than 8 hours of interviews, that a shift was happening.
In the end, after a week and a half of silence, they decided to decline sending an offer because they were switching gears to launch a process to hire a local candidate. The level of hubris is unmatched.
Another note, every member of the team I interviewed with asked many of the same questions. When you decide to have 7 to 8 people interview a single candidate, spend some time on strategy. Parcel out the questions.
