Extremely unfortunate experience.

I was introduced to a recruiter and we spoke on the phone. I ended up getting connected to two other recruiters and had 30-minute phone screens with all of them. I finally was connected to a hiring manager for the position and had a phone interview, which went great. I then had two other phone interviews with the team leader and another hiring manager.

During this process, they switched the available position, so I was unsure exactly which position I should be preparing for at any given interview. I was then brought in for a three-hour in-office interview, where I met with five people.

After being told that this went amazingly well by the recruiter, I was scheduled for another 30-minute call with a hiring manager. I then was set up to do an in-person presentation. I prepared extensively for a week, came in, and presented to the team for 30 minutes.

After the presentation, I was asked for references, which I sent over immediately (they were never contacted). Two weeks later, after radio silence and following up multiple times, I received a two-sentence email from the recruiter saying that I was "not a match" for the role.

In all, I spent over three months (process began in January, ended early April), had over 13 interviews, and had to take off multiple days of work, all to be told that I was not a match by a recruiter.

I manage a team at my current company, and whenever I'm rejecting someone I've met with more than once, I think it is necessary to give them a call and provide that feedback myself. Even if I only meet with them once, as a hiring manager, I'll tell them why it didn't work out over email at the least.

The fact that I had to reach out multiple times for a decision, and I only heard from the recruiter and not from either hiring manager, was incredibly disheartening. I felt extremely disrespected. If I'm not a fit, that's fine, but after the process has gotten this far, you owe it to experienced candidates to at least have the hiring manager send them an email and provide feedback.

I hope that in the future ODC would be more respectful of candidates' time and not draw out the process unnecessarily.

Why Oracle?

Do you have DMP experience?