Experienced employee revokes their job candidacy after 6 months of interviewing with the same company, calling out their flawed system before accepting a higher paying job: 'So much time had been wasted'

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  • Let the hiring manager know I no longer wanted the job because of their ridiculous interview expectations
  • Decided to share my experience. I was in the market for a new role, and a position that sounded interested popped up.
  • I applied, and even had a personal referral reach out to the hiring manager who knew him. Had a call with HR, said I was perfect. Met
  • with the hiring manager, said he loved my background even though it wasn't 100% exact, he knew I knew I could do the role with no supervision needed.
  • I then meet the SVP, who says I'm what they're looking for. Fast forward, over 6 monthsc 4 rounds, and 8 interviews, with other VPs,
  • Presidents, etc, and twice telling me an offer is coming, I get told that they want me to meet another business unit President.
  • During this time, I started an interview with another company 3 months after my first interview with them, and got an offer in 2 months
  • after the first HR call. I had finalized all background checks by the time the first company asked for my "final" interview.
  • I send an email to the hiring manager and HR that said "I sincerely appreciate the time and effort you've put into my interviews, but after 4
  • rounds and 8 individual interviews over 6 months, and being told I'd get an offer twice before being asked to interview more people, I respectfully withdraw my candidacy at this time.
  • The hiring manager emailed me ten minutes later saying it's just one more interview, and I emailed back that I'd only be willing to interview if
  • they beat my current offer. And I was open, let them know the title, higher than the hiring manager who would have been my boss,
  • compensation, for sure higher than who would have been my boss, and the sign on bonus.
  • The hiring manager said "sounds like you got a great deal, sorry it didn't work out."
  • The kicker, I just found out he got laid off. Seriously, some companies just can't help themselves.
  • Significant-Dig-80... That's ridiculous. I once did 5 interviews and they didn't hire me. I felt like so much time had been wasted. 8 is next level. What fools.
  • Parking-Pie7453. 6 months is absolutely asinine. I understand the need to meet several executives & c-levels but most places I've worked had 2 or 3 rounds. Thankfully, you didn't give them free work in a 'presentation'.
  • DeadMetalRazr I remember the days you'd submit your resume, get an interview, and get hired. All in a few days. This culture is ridiculous.
  • oogerPicker2020 ⚫ This. More folks should be proactive in these similar situations. It pains me to hear folks are going thru multiple rounds of interviews. If
  • companies can't come up with a better streamlined way to hire candidates, people ought to stop applying to them.

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