Applied for an analyst position, got a response back within a few days asking to set up a case study (a practice scenario, involving interpreting/playing with some data on excel and then describing in a word doc how you'd turn that data into a report, and what you'd recommend). Completed the case study successfully, and was scheduled for two more rounds of interviews. Enjoyed the interviews, thought they went decently well. Sent thank you follow-ups, was told I'd hear back within a week - then was ghosted. Recruiter had been previously helpful and responsive, but did not answer follow-up emails a week later. Since the position was supposed to begin 6 months after the interview, I assume they were just stringing me along in case one of their other candidates pulled out, because I finally got an official rejection about 4 months later. Meanwhile, I took another offer after 2 weeks with no responses to follow-up emails. Look, I get it, not every candidate is going to be the right fit for a role, but ghosting applicants who have invested time into multiple interviewers and case studies is just bad form - it's horribly inconsiderate. A simple rejection email (within a few weeks, not 4 months after the fact), or even a "we'd like to put you on a wait-list" would have been the right thing to do. And employers wonder why their applicants ghost them - this is the standard they set. TLDR - interesting interviews and case studies, bad experience with recruiters, who ghosted for 4 months after multiple attempts to follow-up, before sending a form rejection.