Applied online. Received a phone screen interview three weeks later. Completed a writing test after phone screen. The process took 6 months with no update. Talent acquisition was unhelpful throughout the entire process. Complete waste of time.

Initially approached via LinkedIn to apply for the position and after a chat with the recruiter to discuss my experience was progressed to next stage. Second stage was ~1 hour Teams meeting with two senior members of the team. Received positive feedback, good fit for the team and progressed to the next stage. Invested a considerable amount of time preparing a written summary of a clinical trial and a slide deck comparing to different studies. Feedback was slow and not detailed, but still positive. Talent acquisition rang to say they will thought I was a great fit and the team were pleased with the writing assignment. Then we discussed compensation. Despite the fact that my salary expectations were within the bracket mentioned at the very beginning by the recruiter I was informed that this was too high - their offer was 20% below the lower end of the range initially provided. Reasoning for this was that I was actually being offered Associate Director, despite receiving nothing but positive feedback during the process. I declined the offer and was told they didn’t want to lose me as a candidate yet never heard from them again. Poor communication throughout the process and offered salary below market value. Frustrating experience and wouldn’t interview there again in the future.