Applied directly at the beginning of April. I had 1-2 phone interviews, but then I went on vacation, which prevented me from catching the position in time, so it went away.

Applied again directly with Quicken in mid-May for two similar positions. Then, about 2 weeks later, at the beginning of June, a third-party recruiter contacted me about the position and, in a few days, set me up for a phone interview. I thought it went well.

About 2 weeks passed, and I was invited for an in-person interview with a team of 4-5 people, including a team leader and engineers. I thought it went fine.

About 2 more weeks passed, and I was invited for an interview with two team leads and about 6-7 people total. Part of the team from the first interview were there. The interview went fine, though there were some things I could answer better or put more effort into trying to explain. But, in the interest of time, and overall, I kept the interview going. We went over my resume, talked about programming languages, and I answered various questions I presumed were related to finding out if I was a good fit for the team and the project, etc.

About 5 days later, I saw QL re-post the positions I applied for as fresh on Glassdoor. I brought that to the attention of my recruiter, who said to ignore it as QL hires candidates all the time.

The next day, I received a message from my recruiter telling me to call back. There was no "I have good news" line in the voicemail, so I figured it was a no-hire decision. Upon calling back, I found out that QL decided to pass on my candidacy, and that the recruiter would try to find out why and possibly get me in touch with more teams.

In a subsequent call to the recruiter, about 4 days later, there were no definite news, but the recruiter said my candidacy was declined, and it was possibly due to fit. However, I have a feeling that QL did not tell the recruiter the reason, or the recruiter didn't know the reason. It was just a "no hire" decision with no further info.

Overall, I think I made it pretty far with Quicken Loans.

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