Strung along for over six weeks with very little information or feedback, and zero idea how it went from the hiring manager. I was finally asked to do a final project which I easily spent 4x the time on. When presenting I asked if there was anything missing, anything else I could have added, anything I should have done more in depth. "Nope , this was great". Afterwards, was told they went with someone else who had more years of experience so who knows if they were even serious about me? But at least they strung me along for almost two months and made me devote several days and late nights to a pointless project that didn't help anything since they had already decided before then.

TREAT YOUR CANDIDATES WITH A LITTLE MORE RESPECT. Process was 4 rounds, with the final round being a case study presentation. I made it to the final round, thought it went very well, and then they just completely ghosted on me. Recruiter dodged my calls and emails to ask about the status. In the end, they didn't even send so much as a quick email to let me know I wasn't chosen - they just never spoke to me again, despite all the time and effort I put into my final-round presentation. Sadly, I also know that I am not the only person this has happened to at Toast. Some advice: respect the time and effort your candidates put into the process by at least having the decency to tell them the final result. Many of your candidates are trying to balance your rigorous interview process with the demands of an existing full-time job, parenthood, etc. And ultimately, nearly half of your reviews on this site are negative - so, rather than posting generic automated apologies to each one, just incorporate a little more respect into the interview process!