The Sage Group (CA) interview questions

Intro call with recruiter, followed by two interviews with client. There was always a sense of urgency to get me to commit to interview days and times, but they completely dropped the ball in communicating next steps. Completed ghosted, no follow up. Clearly my time and expertise were not valued.

I was connected with them via a referral from a former junior colleague of mine. He had recently accepted an opportunity for a role with Google doing the EXACT same role I was doing at our company. Since they were hiring a second person to join the team, he knew it made sense to connect us. Unfortunately I was matched up with a different interviewer at Sage than the one my former colleague had. I could tell from the get go that this person was not knowledgeable about the role/qualifications and therefore was not comprehending how my experience was a fit. I even had to remind them that I was referred and that the reason I was referred was because I was already doing the exact same role at a high level for another organization. Big surprise, I never heard back and advanced. This should have been a slam dunk to receive a second round where I would actually get to meet with Google. And if they then determined I wasn't a fit then so be it ... but it is bonkers that I wasn't even able to reach that stage. Instead these recruiters are just like all of the rest ... they don't understand how to retain the information and it leads to a poor candidate experience. I would highly recommend not wasting your time with this recruiting agency.