The process took three weeks.

A third-party recruiter contacted me for this position. I was not really sure about the company, considering how fragile the business was due to COVID and might never go back to its heyday. But I still believed they had a good engineering culture, so I decided to give it a shot. I had another call with the recruiter, and they decided to move forward with a technical phone screen. On the day of the technical screen interview, nobody showed up. I emailed the recruiter immediately, and they said they would get back once they figured out what happened. There was no response for another two days.

Then the third-party recruiter called me asking how the interview was. I told them what happened, and then she followed up with the recruiter, and they decided to try the interview again. I agreed and set the interview for the same week. The interview went pretty well, and I was 90% sure I would be asked for an on-site. I did not hear from them for a week, and after a week, I sent an email to the recruiter to ask if they had any feedback. The recruiter immediately responded, saying that the feedback was positive, and connected me with another peer of his.

Now, here is where the fun begins. I got an email the next day asking me to select a time for the on-site interview. I did so, and the third-party recruiter as well called me and said they were excited for the on-site. Out of the blue, the next day I got a standard rejection email saying my profile didn't match. Seriously? After all this? I guess somebody messed up. There were too many red flags from the recruiter's side. I'm happy that I didn't have to go through more steps before they pulled this fast one on me. They just lost one well-wisher of the company with such a callous attitude.

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