Just got an email after interviewing at Pluralsight asking me to share feedback on the interview process. Oh boy, do I have some. Might as well post here too. Round 1 with the recruiter over the phone. Was fine. She scheduled Round 2 with the hiring manager. The link for the Round 2 video interview didn't work. What followed was a bit of comical confusion; apparently the recruiter had been fired between rounds and it was her link. Not a great look and no one communicated a thing to me, but I jumped into a new link after connecting directly with the hiring manager. We had what I thought was a nice conversation, with her seeming to agree with many of my responses. After some time I began to notice what I felt was a lack of preparation on her end for our interview. Boilerplate questions, didn't seem engaged or very interested in our conversation. In any case it was pleasant (or so I thought) and that was that. I did the standard follow up thank you email and checked in 1 week later and then at 3 weeks later. Never heard a peep back. Ghosted. So rude and unprofessional given I had taken the time to apply and jump through those interview hoops. I have no idea what happened and I guess never will. The hiring manager seemend nice and I was really surprised at her lack of professionalism. I guess it's "who cares" .. until it's you over there. The silver lining is I've lined up something much better. I guess if you need a job, do what you have to do, but based on my experience, reviewing their product, and hearing what others have to say about working there, I feel like I dodged a bullet. I just wish we could agree to not ghost. It's just rude. Hopefully the recruiter lands on her feet, she was cool.

It was a great casual discussion that was a real chance to tell a story and not canned questions. The recruiter was excellent in how to handle a fluid conversation.