Extremely negative Interview Experience. Perhaps the worst in my 10+ years experience. Ironically if an HR professional has such a negative experience I wonder about the others. I had 8 rounds (of which 5 were actual interviews) and 3 interactions to check my background. They confirmed that i have been selected for the role, called my papers, initiated BGV and then ghosted me. The mistake I made was to willingly and honestly let them know that a family member is in a competing firm because i am an HR professional and integrity for me is an important value. However, I told the hiring manager about this in the 2nd round, and yet they took 6 rounds after that, told me i am selected and called for my salary documents and then never got back. The "HR for HR" is clueless every-time I reach out all he can say is "its taking time" and the time here is almost 2 months after the background check was initiated. So in total after investing over 3 months in this so called "MOST VALUABLE STARTUP" they did not have the decency to close the conversation in a professional manner. Even if you decided not to go ahead because of Conflict of interest or because of any other reason at-least have the decency to update the candidate formally. Do you think candidates interview for "FUN" like they have not invested time and effort on preparation etc ? All I can say is that candidate experience is the most important aspect in today's Talent War and you all do need a sensible HR leader to ensure that. Good luck with that.