This was in early 2025. I was contacted by a young, eager, but ultimately disorganized recruiter who wasted my time. I went through most of a full interview loop. After several rounds, they decided they had mis-leveled me (started interviewing for enterprise, then bumped down to commercial). I was still very interested in commercial (product is genuinely valuable and the company was growing). They put me through another full loop with the commercial team. All seemed good. At the last minute they hire a new manager for that team. She and the head of sales engineering tell me it's not a fit, and that they think it's a bad idea to hire someone for a lower position after initially interviewing for a higher position. I can understand why they would have that opinion but why wait until the end of the process (which lasted 7 weeks!) to make that decision. I actually really enjoyed meeting the team members who interviewed me (except final round obviously), but I think the recruiter totally mismanaged and mis-communicated internally and with me. They were growing fast and things were chaotic there, but still not an excuse in my opinion.