Following an Indeed application near Christmas 2022, I got a request for a phone screen to happen in early January. Following that 15-minute call, I had an hour-long Zoom with an employee. After that I had an hour-long Zoom with a director. After that I took an assessment, then did another proctored assessment with an Arootah coach. After about a week, I got a request to meet with a C-suite member. At this point I felt like I was playing a video game with an unknown number of levels ("thanks Mario but our princess is in another castle!"). I started to look at other positions since it was so odd and I was getting weird vibes. To be fair, I never asked what the process was or the length of it but this information was neither supplied nor offered. Following this sixth(?) hour of my life I bewilderingly spent on this process , I got another final request to meet with another C-suite member. I was told that it wasn't a 9-5 job which was interesting considering a newsletter of theirs right around that time advised on how to set boundaries at work. I was told it was between myself and another candidate and that I'd hear back either way the following week. Then I got a request to complete a project. It's been two months since that meeting and I've heard nothing. Again, to be fair, I did not reach out to follow up since while I was highly amused I was also uninterested at that point. I hold no ill will, but I thought it might help others to know about the significant time commitment just to possibly be ghosted.

I was ghosted after six interviews - thankfully I wasn’t taking it seriously at that point and was just entertained. A few interesting people in the process but a few insufferable egos too.