I was contacted on LinkedIn by an internal HR recruiter. I was informed they were looking for someone to do sales in a territory where I lived, and that my skills fit what they were looking for. Sounded like something that I would be interested in so I applied, and was contacted by another internal team member. This was a unique position, and a lovely woman who had been with the company for decades. She served as kind of a fairy god mother recruiter specific to the sales team. We talked all about the company culture, what my goals were, and she gushed a lot about how great the company was. Very reassuring, and made me feel at home so to speak since it's a family owned company, but also a mid-level company with lots of brands in their portfolio. Seemed like a good fit to be independent of the BIG Italian groups. Finally I had a series of phone calls with a regional manager that would have been my direct report. We got along well, and spoke at least 3 different times. This is where it sort of hit a dead end. I asked about compensation, and the regional manager was very vague. It was 100% commission, but they wouldn't even tell me what the commission rate was, or what the quota/goals were. I was told the dollar volume of what the territory used to do, but it had gone downhill in the last few years, so I couldn't be sure. With a 100% commission structure, I need to know what I'm getting into before I quit a gig I already had. This last bit of being vague about compensation for a 100% commission job ultimately led me to continue with my current career. I'm well aware that commission is based on how much I sell, so a precise answer can't be given. I just wanted a ballpark % and the current sales volume so I could make an educated decision. Throughout this process I was required to take a series of online personality quizzes. 3 in total. The quizes were by G.E. Gercken, and feel like kind of a relic of a much older HR practices...but maybe that's just me. Regardless, they took quite a bit of time. It sort of culminated in this somewhat awkward stalemate of him not wanting to continue the conversation until I told the manager I was going to take the job. To be clear, I had spoken to 2 recruiters, and him at least 3 times. I applied for the job, clearly I was interested. This regional manager wanted some sort of "all-in" verbal commitment from me before I was given an offer. The overall process was stretched by COVID for sure, but also 5 months was a VERY long time to interview. I think they put me on hold for about 2 months, but 3 months is still too long.