I've interviewed at companies large and small and this was by far the worst interview experience I've ever had. You start by interviewing with a recruiter. Then the next step is to do a test project. Then after they know you can do the work you get to interview with the hiring manager. The hiring manager was one of those people that it seemed pretty clear no one was going to 'fill his shoes' as he had been in the role previously (and it's been open for over 6 months). To my surprise, I was told that they were moving forward with my candidacy. The last stage is to go through a 3-hour interview with five different people at the company asking you a series of behavioral questions that "HR gave to me", as I was told by four of the five interviewers. My interview was broken up with a break in the middle so it basically took up the whole day. The next day I get an email asking to meet. I give my availability and hear nothing back. We set up a time, but the recruiter misses the meeting. An hour after the fact they ask if we can meet a bit later. Finally, when we connect I'm told "Everyone was very high on you but we decided not to move forward." I was flabbergasted by the amount of my time they had wasted in this process. The reason they gave me was a concern for something that was tested at the test project stage of the interview process. Why did I have 5.5 more hours of meetings AFTER that? This was a joke and the company is very bloated with management layers on top of management layers making whimsical decisions and there was no clear direction that anyone could give me for the team or the goals of the team when I was asking the questions. It was clear that 4/5 of the panel did not care about the interview and they were just going through the motions. Have more respect for people's time than to help your team get through their workday by wasting our time.