I submitted my resume in early April and heard back soon after; my first response from the company was April 13th. Step 1 I was asked to fill out an online questionnaire asking things about my personal hobbies, my strengths and weaknesses and my college GPA, which I found odd (I'm 30), etc. It took about an hour. A week goes by. Step 2 I talked on the phone with someone at the company for about 30-40 minutes, asking about my duties at my current job and past jobs, what I liked about them, etc. A pleasant enough conversation. A week and a half goes by. Step 3 I'm told that a new, higher ranking position has opened (Junior Project Manager), would I consider being considered for it. Of course! I was asked to complete a DiSC assessment, which is an online personality/behavioral test. I do so (took about 30 minutes maybe) and send in the results within a day or two. A week and a half goes by. Step 4 I need to complete a project-based online test which I need to block off several hours to complete. It is timed and I will be paid by the hour for my time (okay, not bad, classy move). I schedule a time a couple of days later, take the test and send it in. Two weeks go by. Step 5 I'm told I'm still a strong candidate but they have a few MORE questions to ask, including a question about my GPA being lower than most candidates (again, I'm 30). This puzzled me. I respond with answers the next day. The day after I respond I'm sent a very impersonal form letter telling me they have chosen to move forward with other candidates. I received this on June 5th, just shy of 2 months since beginning the process. I had no problem with the amount of steps necessary, but the amount of time was unacceptable without prior notice. Simply telling my at the beginning that this may be a lengthy process would have gone a long way for me. I'll also note that I never met anyone in person nor was I ever asked for references, which is extremely odd to me. In the end they seemed more interested in my GPA from 8 years ago than all of my career experience. I was told references were part of the next step, as was an in-person interview. I appreciate that BlogAds is a smaller company and sometimes people can be spread thin, especially if you're going through the hiring process with many people at the same time, but a little more transparency with what is expected and how long the process may take would be appreciated.