1) thorough phone conversation with recruiter = very positive.
2) video call with hiring manager = positive.
3) assigned lengthy at-home creative/strategic assessment = open-ended and enjoyable.
4) 2nd video call with hiring manager to discuss project = minimal feedback.
5) assigned an edited version of assessment since something was off in the first one = I'm all for it.
6) was informed they still were not content with the assessment, but nonetheless being flown out on-site to meet with various team members, manager, and higher ranks = confused, but excited.
7) scheduled to meet with 4 different people in a 2 hour time span = wait, that doesn't seem like enough time to cover much, especially after the trouble of a 5 hour flight, hotel room, etc.
8) hectic, rushed, met with each person separately (repetitive), never got feedback or conversation regarding my projects, last person told me I might be better suited for another job, so let's meet with 5th person then = confusion and frustration and questioning my desire to want to work for them.
9) flown home and put on hold for several weeks while they figured out the second job possibilities = becoming indifferent and actually a bit angry.
10) the process started all over again, with similar frustrations and time wasted with no feedback and no coherent decision makers, no direction, no apparent communicated vision or goals = they say want scrappy, but they really want the opposite = negative experience and 2 months of my life wasted.