I applied online and the recruiter contacted me to schedule the initial phone interview a few days later.

That went well, and I received a link to take a Codility challenge. The amount of time given was more than enough to complete the two programming questions.

That went well, and we scheduled the on-site, which consisted of hiring manager, product manager, system design, and technical coding interviews. The on-site went well, and I actually enjoyed speaking with everyone.

A few days later, the recruiter emailed me that the team had all positive feedback and he should be able to relay something more in-depth later, towards the middle of the week. I followed up again after I heard nothing, only for the recruiter to reassure me that he should be able to relay something over and that I was a “top-candidate”.

Come the end of the week, and I received an automated email with rejection and no feedback.

It’s very off-putting to be led on with nothing but positives and (at the very least) a promise of feedback for more than a week, when I told the recruiter already that I was on a time crunch with other companies’ offers but really considered joining them instead.

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