I was contacted via email by a recruiter after submitting my application online. We planned a phone call to see if I would be a fit for the role. Five minutes before the call she emails to let me know a different recruiter would be conducting the phone call-- no biggie. Call went well and I was moved onto the next stage, which was a video interview with the hiring manager (both the phone and video interview were within two weeks). I felt really good about my positioning even though we had to reschedule it because of technical issues on both sides. A day later the recruiter calls to tell me the hiring manager wants to invite me to a company event. At this point they inform me I'm the first candidate they've interviewed for the position. I go to the event where I meet the recruiter in person and am told the hiring manager isn't there even though she's the one who invited me. The event was in the Boston office and was very casual. The recruiter let me know he'd get back to me in a week or so. I send a follow-up email only to find that he went on a 10 day vacation without informing me. I email the recruiter he left on the automated email to see if she knew the status of my candidacy... she never responds. I hear back from the recruiter (finally) only to find out they chose another candidate. I've heard the hiring process has been iffy for friends who have gone through it at Wayfair, but to stretch it out for over two months without an in-person and not communicating properly is disheartening.