Our Director of Recruitment responded with this email to the candidate, and would like to share with all of you: First and absolute foremost, I'm so sorry! As soon as I read your review, I thought OMG, this is the last thing I wanted [name redacted] to feel!! The job market is gnarly right now and I pride myself on trying to help folks either find jobs and or get support in some way from TD, so I've failed you in that respect, and I'm sorry for that! I looked back at our communication, and I think I know what happened. Once I followed up with you after our original call and prompted you to apply, you replied to me on LinkedIn. LinkedIn can be overwhelming as there are so many messages, and I missed it. I didn't receive an application from you nor a response to the original email, and that doesn't make this "your fault" by any stretch, but email is much easier to catch as sometimes LinkedIn, even as a helpful job tool, can be so...flooded with messages. Also, I want to be transparent: the Delivery role changed significantly since we last spoke. It evolved from a Director to a VP-level position, with very different expectations. I re-launched the search in mid-January with a focus on candidates with extensive VP-level experience at other consultancies—so the criteria shifted quite a bit mid-process, which I know can be incredibly frustrating from the outside. With that said, I'm delighted to state that I'm pregnant with my first 🙂 I actually found out in early January, so I'm now at the 5 month mark. Test Double has been super supportive, with time off, camera off, team members taking over meetings, really whatever I need. I'll be taking time off from Sept - EOY off to spend time with the baby. I'd love to chat with you [name redacted]. Whether it's to hear your perspective, or perhaps something I completely missed, or discuss your job search experience (happy to help with a resume review, sending your resume to a few of my contacts, etc), I'm here for it.