I applied through LinkedIn, and had an intake call with a recruiter. She didn’t really know much about the position. During my call with her, she was actively messaging the Director to get answers to my questions, which I appreciated at the time as she would give me an answer 5 minutes later instead of following up. I then interviewed with their Director, who was very kind. After that, I had back to back virtual panel interviews with a Marketing team member and different department members. Overall, the interview experience was great. My complaint lies with what happened afterwards. I followed up with the recruiter via email and phone the following weeks (3 weeks to be exact), and was never answered. You hear stories of recruiters ghosting you, but we shouldn’t normalize that, especially if you’ve made it pretty far into the process. I was excited for the opportunity to work for AvalonBay because it sounds like a great company, but this is a disappointing experience.