Had a phone call with a recruiter from Attivo on April 3rd. The phone call went great, and I answered all of his questions. Then a week went by with complete silence, so I sent a follow-up email and never received a response. At that point, I assumed the process was over. Then, on April 29th — almost a month later — I received another email. There was no acknowledgment of my follow-up email; instead, the recruiter simply congratulated me on moving to the next round and asked about my availability for an interview with an Accounting Manager. I scheduled the interview, and again, it went very well. I answered all of the accounting questions correctly and felt confident in the conversation. About a week later, the recruiter reached out again saying I had advanced to the next stage: a 60-minute Excel financial exercise. Someone from the team called the next day to walk me through it. I completed the workbook and returned it the next business day. The exercise involved a lot of manual Excel formulas, but nothing outside of my experience. I was 100% confident in my work when I submitted it. A few more days went by with radio silence until I finally received a generic rejection email from the recruiter stating they would not be moving forward with my candidacy. No feedback was provided, even after I followed up asking for clarification or insight into the exercise. It’s truly baffling to invest that much time into multiple interviews and a financial exercise, only to receive a generic rejection email with zero feedback. The communication throughout the process was disappointing and unprofessional.

(1) Interview with internal recruiter, (2) Interview with senior accounting manager with technical accounting questions, (3) take home exam with no time limit, (4) final interview with more technical skill questions