Was asked to do a 45min hacker rank test, then a call with HR. It was re- scheduled last minute. After the call, HR promised to get back within 48 hours about a decision whether to move forward but did not hear back despite follow up. Do recruiters not respect candidate's time? Regardless of the outcome, candidates spend time preparing for the interview, this is unprofessional and unacceptable behavior.

Very lengthy process. From the time that I applied to the position till the final decision it took almost 4 months and at every step, I needed to do multiple follow-ups to get the hackerrank test link or the take home project. The interview steps: 1. Hackerrank assessment 45 mins, 30 multiple choice question. The questions were related to classic machine learning, statistics, and NLP. 2. Phone interview with a recruiter. Behavioral questions and because the recruiter was a software engineer, the interview was more technical that I was expecting, but it was easy. 3. 1 hour interview with the hiring manager. Questions about my resume and my experiences. He also gave some info about the position. 4. Take home assessment. A kind of an open-ended NLP project which was a multi label classification. It had a 24 hour time frame. 5. Virtual Onsite interview with 3 steps. each 50 mins. a) Job fit: asked general questions to see if you're fit for the position and the team. b) TECH: to estimate the technical exposure. Asked some ML Systems design questions. c) asked super easy questions from the take home project.