Questions d'entretien chez Exploding Kittens

While I enjoyed the interviews and the possibility to ask questions and learn how the team works together, the whole interview process was extremely long and overcomplicated. Having in total 5 interviews over the course of 2 months is not reasonable. Especially when communication is definitely not their strong side. Had to follow up after each interview to receive updates - all this makes it hard to take them seriously. Before my last (5th) interview I was asked to provide 3 contacts for references, and they never reached out to them. At this point I realized they are stringing me along, and unfortunately I still had to wait over a week to receive a final update that they will proceed with another candidate, again with no feedback or explanation about this decision.

Their HR department is very new and busy so the communication wasn’t great throughout the interview process. I would be told I’d hear about next steps by a specific date and then not hear until days later. I had 4 interviews over the span of a month and was made promises in my final interview that should not be made of you aren’t going to hire that candidate. I was expecting to hear fairly soon after my final interview because I was told I could either start remote or be moved down to work on-site approximately 2 weeks from the date of my final interview. I waited 4 days then followed up. Literally 3 minutes later I received the most unprofessional, panicked call from their recruiter who informed me they “forgot to tell me” they weren’t offering me the position. It left a bad taste in my mouth, which is too bad because I really liked the company and everyone I met during the interview process. It’s fine I didn’t get the job, it’s not fine to string candidates along and give them false promises of employment when they are not guaranteed an offer. I felt very disrespected as a candidate and a person.