I met them at a career fair and, having been very interested in their product, turned in a resume. I was contacted with a link for an online screen, which I finished. I then sent the recruiter an email telling her I'd done it. There was no reply.

A week later, when I remembered, I followed up asking if she'd had the time to review it. She then replied, saying I'd earned a Skype interview.

I had two Skype interviews, both of which were great. The interviewers were friendly, and the questions were interesting. Then I moved on to the final round.

I thought the final round went great. One interviewer even told me that not many candidates he had interviewed had gotten that far so quickly.

Before leaving, we were told that we should hear back within a week. The next week came and went, and I heard nothing. The week after that, I followed up with the recruiter, and she told me she would know the NEXT week (which would be more than two weeks after the interview). I said okay.

The week she said she'd let me know by came and went, and I heard nothing. By the end, I had another offer. So, before accepting that, I sent another follow-up to the Square recruiter, to which she never responded.

Finally, another week later (at this point, a month after my final interview), I finally received a generic Jobvite email saying I didn't get the offer.

I obviously understand if they didn't think I had what they were looking for, but I thought it was a negative experience because of the recruiter's unresponsiveness and the fact that they took four times as long as they said it would to get back to me, without any communication as to why.

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