I was reached out to by a r4r recruiter, followed by 2 rounds of interviews with technical recruiters and a casual chat with their Director of Technical Recruiting. The first recruiter focused on hiring manager relationships, the second focused on closing and negotiations. The final conversation with their Director was a casual Q&A. I liked the conversations with the team, they were friendly and knowledgable. Here is the main reason I did not feel my experience was positive: I knew for a fact that the very specific position I was interviewing for was already filled, as the candidate who was filling it had interviewed at my current company for my team and told our team about the opportunity they were accepting. I think the candidate had given a verbal accept and DoorDash was waiting for them to officially sign while I was going through the first round of interviews. When I asked my recruiter if the position was filled already, she encouraged me to go through the interview process. As a recruiter myself, I know there are parts of the interview process that naturally have to remain opaque to candidates, but I wish there was still some other way that my time could have been salvaged as I was more passive in my search. It just felt a little icky that they were not forthcoming and encouraged me to waste my time. I tried leaving this feedback through their Greenhouse candidate survey, but the link is broken.