I had a very positive conversation with HR, who completely sold me on working at Etsy. However, the hiring manager for the team we thought I'd best fit with wasn't prepared to begin the interview process.

I waited about two months, periodically getting in touch to re-express my continued interest. I was quite disappointed that Etsy was unable to get an interview process going in the two months or more that we were in touch.

I understand they stopped hiring late in December and hadn't started back up for the 2014 budget by the time I was ready to accept an offer. I didn't have that problem with any other company I was interviewing with at this time, so I was very disappointed that we couldn't make it work, even with the lead time I provided.

In the end, I received other offers and moved forward with those. I will pursue a position with Etsy in the future, but things didn't work out this time.

Why do you want to work for Etsy?