I was contacted to schedule an 8am phone interview and 30 minutes prior to that interview was told it would need to be rescheduled for the following afternoon. The next day I was told the person who contacted me couldn't make it and was interviewed by somebody else. A few days later I was contacted by a local employee for the next round of interviews. Again scheduled for an interview in the 8am hour, at the START TIME of that interview was told one of the interviewers couldn't make it, and we rescheduled for the afternoon. The interview went really well, as I'd been preparing very thoroughly from the start. The next steps were that they'd send me some videos on what to expect and how to prepare for a "JOT" (job observation tour). I was expecting a quick YouTube video, but it was a list of 14 videos, totaling 87 minutes (just watching the videos, not accounting for taking notes). These are detailed training videos about the role as well as fairly in-depth product knowledge videos. These are the exact type of videos an employee would have to do during on-boarding, except you're asked to complete these all for free, prior to working a day (8:45am - 3:45pm on my day off from my current job, in my case) of real in-person sales calls alongside the two local employees, entirely unpaid. Assuming an hour lunch break, that's at least 7.5 hours of free labor they get from each candidate before they ever make a job offer. There were five candidates total up for outside sales role at the time. I texted the first local employee and told them I was uncomfortable with this, they told me they can't change the process for any applicants, and that I could withdraw if I wanted. I told them asking candidates to give them a free day of labor was unethical, and then withdrew. I found and ignored too many red flags in the span of less than two weeks pursuing the role. They also advertised a BASE salary of $52-95k a year, but (even with over a decade of sales experience) tried to make the lower side of that as a TOTAL salary (after $5-10k in commission) sound like it would be good for me.

Very thorough, this company is very interested in being private, having American made products, and having employees for life, it was done in a few different segments... Initial meeting with intro, a live sales day ride along, and the application process. Just waiting on the offer which the finances and guarantee are not in writing yet. I got this! Not officially but it is a lot of work just for a hire is why I listed as difficult. Not easy and is a challenge for me. My hire date has been targeted and in all took 2 months to start from initial phone call.