One star — Six months, two offers, then ghosted
I interviewed for a senior engineering leadership role over a six-month period. I completed multiple rounds, received a verbal offer, and negotiated in good faith. The process was then paused for months while new leadership came in. Fine... these things happen.
When they reopened the role, I re-engaged, did additional interviews, and received a second verbal offer. Then, when I couldn't accommodate a last-minute start date driven by their fiscal year deadline—after clearly explaining my constraints weeks earlier—I was ghosted. No rejection. No explanation. Just complete silence for over five weeks, despite multiple follow-ups to both the recruiter and hiring manager.
Six months. Two offers. And they couldn't send a single email to close the loop.
The people I interviewed with were good. The tech sounded interesting. But the recruitment function is either broken or nobody cares enough to fix it. Either way, it tells you something about how this company operates.
If you're a senior candidate with options, think carefully before investing your time here. They'll happily waste it.
Advice to management: Your recruiters are the first impression candidates have of your company. Right now, that impression is "we don't respect your time and we won't even tell you no." That's a brand problem.