I interviewed with Elevated Third over the course of 4 weeks. It was a lengthy and time consuming process. It started out with an email to take a personality quiz. I thought it was a scam and I almost didn’t take it - note that it’s legit and expected. After completing that, a recruiter reached out to set up a call a few days later. I interviewed with the recruiter and Director of Operations. They were kind, it was straightforward and I was moved along to another interview. Beyond that, I was asked to provide 3 references and that I would have a two tier “in-person” interview. The first would be with the VP and CEO. It was 75 minutes long, primarily focusing on my experience, oldest to newest. The second part of the interview was more on my specific discipline, strategies, scenario questions, etc. This was with two other individuals from the company and lasted 60 minutes. Moving right along! I was invited to interview their internal team. I thought that was kind of them to let me also test the waters. I was also asked to submit my references (again? Kind of annoying but it happens). The interview with the internal team was great. Everybody was so kind and friendly, seemed to genuinely believe in what they are doing. I was then ghosted for a week and then sent an end of day generic “we regret to inform you” email. That was eye opening for me. One of their core values is empathy and was preached during the interview process. This isn’t about my frustration of not being picked, TONS of incredible talent in the world, I’m sure they made an amazing choice in talent. BUT, a generic email after hours of interviews, reference checks and all that? Genuinely unkind.