A call with a recruiter followed by a homework assignment that I then had to present to the hiring manager and other person. Then a final round where I had a 30-45 minute interview which those two people again. After that - silence. No rejection, no email, no phone call. After about 2 weeks I emailed the recruiter to ask if there was an update and got no response. In my opinion this is quite unprofessional and rude given the time and work I put into this interview and getting to the final stage. Additionally, in the first interview with the recruiter, he asked me my desired salary. I told him I would prefer to first here the budget for the role. He told me that he wasn't allowed to say. I then said that I would prefer to not give a salary range either and he said he wasn't allowed to move me on in the process until I did. So now I am forced to give a salary but they don't give me any information? This is also very strange and unprofessional in my opinion.

Fairly normal interview albeit interviewers were young and seemed inexperienced. Totally ghosted afterward. It has been months since the in-person interview and I've sent multiple emails requesting closure to which the recruiter Rich T has not responded. Getting rejected is bad enough, but for a company to not even give the dignity of feedback after a job applicant spends a half day on an interview is inexcusable. I cancelled my WaPo subscription.