Company recruiter contacted me by email two days after I submitted my application on the company website. We had a phone conversation several days later, and he agreed to schedule a technical phone interview with a member of the team. Knowing that the interviewer would be in a different time zone, I wrote the recruiter to make sure we were in agreement as to interview time and time zone. He confirmed my understanding was correct. Unfortunately, the interviewer did not call me at the agreed upon time; I emailed the recruiter 26 minutes after the interview was scheduled to start to find out what was going on. He stated there was a mix-up regarding the time zone even though I thought we had resolved any confusion about this. He managed to contact the interviewer, who got on the call but due to a previous commitment, I could only speak with him for about 20 minutes. The recruiter then contacted me and asked if I could be available for another interview because of the short time we had available; I agreed to speak with the team member the following week, even though I would be traveling on business that week and would have limited time. Unfortunately, the second time I waited 47 minutes without hearing from the interviewer. I contacted the recruiter and he said the interviewer had a sinus infection, would I be available for another call after the weekend? I had to wonder why this wasn't communicated to me beforehand, and what would have happened to my job prospects if the tables were turned and I was late to two consecutive phone interviews. Nonetheless, I agreed to a third attempt at a phone interview and this time the interviewer phoned me at the scheduled time. I asked him at the conclusion of the phone interview what the next steps would be, and he said I could expect an answer in a day or two. I wrote the recruiter three days later to ask for feedback; he wrote back to me a week later and said to expect an answer the next morning at the latest. I never heard back from him; I received a form rejected letter from the recruiting team a week later. Needless to say, this was about the most unpleasant, disrespectful interview process I have been through, possibly in my entire career. It is often said in job interviews that "you get one change to make a good first impression." HomeAway should seriously consider whether it wants this recruiter to be a job candidate's first impression of the company.