I was contacted by a recruiter about a software engineer position and was given a HackerRank assessment, which consisted of two questions to complete within a 90-minute time limit. I took the assessment a few days after being contacted and passed both questions, with all test cases passing and with more than enough time leftover.

Almost immediately after passing the assessment, I was contacted by the recruiter who said that I did very well on it and that I would move on to the final virtual onsite. I was told I would be assigned to a different recruiter and that I was to first talk to this new recruiter for 15 minutes to prep for the final interviews. I was also told I should provide them with a few time slots for this prep call and that I would be in good hands with the new recruiter.

I contacted the new recruiter and cc'd the previous recruiter, providing my various time slots for this prep call. However, there was no reply from either recruiter. After a week went by, I contacted both again about setting a good time for the call. Again, there was no reply from either recruiter.

At this point, I pretty much feel I was ghosted. After reading some of the reviews here, it seems like a pretty common practice for PayPal to do to interviewees where you think you are going through the interview process normally, but all of a sudden, PayPal will drop you for no reason.

This is pretty unprofessional and wasted a lot of my time with doing the online assessment. It seems like even if you pass the assessment, they will then ghost you. I don't understand how any company can conduct their hiring like this; it's just beyond bad. They treat people like they're expendable and don't respect their time at all.