First round — screening. Talked about cultural fit and vision alignment. Cleared it. Second round — an assignment on Agentic AI. Spent hours working on it, submitted it, cleared it. Third round — a technical discussion with their AI Head. Deep dive into agentic systems, RAG pipeline design, implementation — cleared that too. Then HR said they’d schedule the VP round. And after that? Absolute silence. No response. No update. No acknowledgment. Just ghosted. It’s honestly exhausting. Investing time, energy, and effort into multiple rounds — especially technical assignments — only to be ignored in the end. What’s the point of making candidates go through so many stages if you don’t even have the basic courtesy to communicate the outcome? Companies like Tech9 seriously need to rethink their hiring ethics. If you can’t afford to hire, just say it. But don’t waste professionals’ time and hopes. This kind of behavior doesn’t just disappoint — it kills motivation. Tech9 should honestly be flagged on job portals for such unprofessional conduct.