An internal recruiter called Caroline Cubera reached out to me. What a refreshing experience it was working with her. She knew and understood the role and its challenges. She has a fantastic personality and was highly efficient in her follow-up and interview process and next steps. I then had a ZOOM interview with the Hiring Manager that lasted about 45 minutes. That was followed by a 3rd ZOOM interview with peers and co-workers. The fourth and final interview was with a panel of five individuals via ZOOM. Next, we review a customer case study and role-play. Before the role play, I have a 30-minute interview with a C-level.

Overall, just poor communication and lack of professionalism was portrayed by the recruiter I spoke with. I applied to this role via LinkedIn and was contacted to do a screening call via Zoom. The person who contacted me set up the call and then at the last minute had to reschedule for another day and time. I get it, things come up. No worries. When we did finally speak I had the sense that she was just very disconnected. Her body language was off and it felt like she'd rather be doing something else then be on a call with me, which came off as a bit rude and unprofessional. She may have been having an off day, I get it as I have had them too, but I do my best never to let my Clients see it. I did nothing to warrant to smugness she was giving off. A week or so later I got an auto generated email that they would be moving forward with other candidates, which normally I would be fine with, but I honestly felt like I was more than qualified for the role plus I had multiple references who currently work there that vouched for me so I was hoping at the very least to get a second more formal interview. I followed up directly with them asking for any specific feedback as to the reasoning they weren't moving forward and it's been crickets ever since then. I get it was just an initial screening, but I set aside time to do my due diligence on the company and the role so I could be prepared. At the very least they could have sent me over the notes the hiring manager gave as to what I was missing or could improve on. Fix your communication and if you are having an off day please try your best to be as professional as possible. I am honestly a very flexible person and I feel most candidates you will run into are as well. If you are just having a bad mental day for whatever reason then please by all means reach out and reschedule for another time. I'd much rather accommodate to something like that than to feel like I am wasting your time.