My interactions with everyone were pleasant and gave me a good impression of the company. I already wanted to work there, and speaking with them only confirmed that. Unfortunately, the process was excessively dragged out.

Here's the exact timeline of everything:

It started off pretty good. I applied online and within a week, I received and completed the HireVue online interview. Two weeks later, I completed a phone screening with the recruiter and was told they were interested in proceeding to the next steps, but nothing was scheduled yet.

Three weeks later, I was contacted again to schedule three interviews for the following week and given the details. Two interviews were with a panel of two managers, and one interview was one-on-one, in which I had to give a 15-minute presentation (on a topic I chose). All three interviews lasted about 45 minutes to an hour, and I enjoyed every one of them. No curveball questions, straightforward and comfortable conversations. I felt good about everything and wanted to accept the offer based on my experience so far.

I was told it would take a week to hear back about the decision. I was anxiously refreshing my email like a madman every day, and nothing came for 10 days. I reached out to the recruiter asking for an update on Friday and didn't get a response until the following Wednesday, saying I would get a response by the end of the week. Another anxious couple of days of email refreshing, and again, no response.

This time, I avoided asking before the weekend and waited until Tuesday to reach out again for an update. At this point, the writing was on the wall. Clearly, I wasn't selected because I never even got any communication without having to ask for it, so clearly they were fixated on another candidate. I just really wanted to get it over with, which is why I asked the second time. I received the same response again that it would be by the end of the week. Lo and behold, that Friday afternoon, I received a rejection from the "no-reply" HR email.

I understand it's a huge company with many candidates to attend to, but it's not nice to have people go through a 10-week process where the last 3.5 weeks consist of just waiting and guessing about a life-changing relocation and everything that comes with that. Maybe if I had been communicated to and given accurate dates without having to feel like I was desperately reaching out every time, it would have softened the blow or at least given some feedback from the many interviews conducted.

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