A month into the interview process and I've been ghosted.
I had really high hopes going into the process. I seemed like a really good fit and the recruiter reached out to schedule a phone screening the day I applied. The recruiter was very professional and thorough, describing the interview process and giving feedback for moving forward. The interview with the hiring manager took 2 weeks to schedule because of their availability.
The hiring manager interview was definitely not my best work, but looking back that was among the worst interviewers I've ever had. They did not want to be there, and they commented they weren't well set up and I could sense their impatience to get the interview over with. Very critical with my resume, asking questions about technologies that weren't included in the job description. I know I let my nerves get the best of me because I've never had an interviewer be so obviously impatient and impersonal. Rushed me through my questions and wanted to end the interview 15 minutes early.
It's been 2 weeks since the hiring manager interview and I've followed up with the recruiter twice. Radio silence. I know the plan was to have a project and presentation step that would take a week to prepare, and another interview after that, but I likely wouldn't want to invest another month or more into this process after this experience. Very disappointed as I really admired this company.