The whole interview process was strange and a bit unprofessional. I received a call from a McKesson HR rep at 6:30 in the evening on Good Friday wanting to conduct a brief phone interview on the spot. I had just finished mowing my yard and wasn't prepared, so we agreed to speak the next afternoon (Saturday). That call went well, and I was told that I would hear back shortly.
A few days later, I was contacted by a different HR rep for another HR phone screen. That call also went well. Over the course of the next week or so, I had hour long phone interviews with three of the folks that I would be working with/for in this role. All of these calls went fairly well, and the interviews were conversational about the role and how my background/ experience applied.
After what was my fifth phone interview, I was told that the VP was traveling, but I should hear back about potential next steps by the end of the following week. Well that came and went. After two weeks, I sent a brief email to the HR rep asking about next steps, and I did not receive a response. After another two weeks, I sent an additional follow-up email, and finally did hear back that team was busy, but they will let me know as soon as they have any sort of an update. Two months later.... I received the generic "Dear John" letter letting me know that they were no longer interested in me for the position.
While I may not have been their ideal fit for this role, the lack of follow-up by the HR rep, combined with stringing the process along for 3+ months without any updates strikes me as totally unprofessional. After I received the Dear John email, I emailed the hiring manager asking about any feedback as to how I could improve in future interviews, and never received a reply. After spending 5+ hours on the phone and 5 interviews, I think a quick phone call from the HR rep, or an email letting me know why I wasn’t a good fit would have been the right thing to do.
