They do not have any respect for candidate time. The interview process for the Senior Content Marketing Specialist role was exhaustive, spanning six separate rounds. It included an assessment, deep-dive strategy sessions with the Director of Business Development, the hiring manager, and ultimately the CEO and Director of People.
After completing my final executive interview with the Director of People, she set a deadline to follow up with final next steps. They missed their own deadline. When I sent a polite, professional check-in email the following Monday, I was entirely ghosted for three full business days.
They kept reiterating that "this is a SENIOR role." If his is how they treat their senior-level candidates, I just dodged a bullet!
Ultimately, after investing hours of my time into six rounds of interviews and providing free, high-level strategic consulting to their C-suite, my process was ended via an automated, generic "no-reply" rejection email. No phone call. No personal note from the recruiter. Just a software trigger.
Advice to Management:
If you require candidates to clear their schedules for six rounds of interviews and pitch high-level strategy to your CEO, you owe them the basic professional courtesy of a human response. Sending an automated "no-reply" email to final-round candidates after ignoring their follow-ups is incredibly cowardly and signals a deeply flawed internal culture. Treat candidates like professionals, not just data points in your ATS.
