Applied for a Senior Client Services Manager role. The process started well — recruiter was responsive and the hiring manager call was genuinely interesting. Then came a 4-hour take-home task which I… Read more
⏱Unpaid test🔀Scope changed🔇No feedback📋JD mismatch💸Lowball offer+1 more
Verbal offer on the phone, recruiter said paperwork would follow "within a few days." That was six weeks ago. LinkedIn stalking confirms the role was re-posted.
🔇No feedback💀Ghosted after offer🕳No timeline
38 days total
0 found helpful
1/5
Difficulty 2/5Process 1/5
Three reschedules, then a 45-minute panel where the interviewer clearly hadn't read my CV. Ghosted after that.
🔇No feedback🗑Disorganised
0 found helpful
1/5
Difficulty 3/5Process 1/5
They asked for an 8-hour unpaid design exercise. I delivered. One week of silence, then a templated "we're moving forward with other candidates" — no feedback despite asking twice.
⏱Unpaid test🔇No feedback
30 days total
0 found helpful
3/5
Difficulty 3/5Process 2/5
Seven rounds over two months. Got an offer but the salary was 15% below what was advertised. Negotiated up slightly. Process was exhausting.
🐌Slow process🔄Excessive rounds
60 days total
0 found helpful
1/5
Difficulty 3/5Process 1/5
Completed four rounds over six weeks including a take-home that took me a full weekend. Recruiter went dark after the final panel. No email, no voicemail, nothing. I followed up three times over two w… Read more
🔇No feedback🐌Slow process🕳No timeline
4 rounds45 days total
0 found helpful
1/5
Difficulty 2/5Process 1/5
Recruiter left mid-process. No handover. No one told me. I only found out when I checked LinkedIn. Nobody else reached out.
🕳No timeline🗑Disorganised
0 found helpful
1/5
Difficulty 3/5Process 1/5
Final interview cancelled 30 minutes before via calendar invite with no explanation. Never rescheduled. Never explained.
🔇No feedback❌Last-minute cancel
28 days total
0 found helpful
2/5
Difficulty 3/5Process 2/5
The technical interviewer interrupted my answers repeatedly and made a comment about my current employer being "a step down." Withdrew the same day.
🚩Rude interviewer
14 days total
0 found helpful
1/5
Difficulty 2/5Process 1/5
Six weeks, three rounds, one follow-up email. Nothing back. The job is still on their careers page.