# Airbnb Staff PM: 12 Rounds, Positive Feedback Throughout, Then Six Weeks of Silence in Team Match

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Staff PM · tech · via TeamBlind

A Staff PM candidate at Airbnb completed twelve interview rounds between December 2025 and April 2026, receiving positive feedback at every stage — then entered team match and heard nothing for six weeks. Commenters on the TeamBlind thread were unsurprised, noting that many candidates who pass Airbnb's virtual onsite are never matched to a team, and that the process can stretch into an indefinite holding pattern.

*Source: [TeamBlind · Staff PM thread](https://www.teamblind.com/post/airbnb-this-slow-or-am-i-ghosted-ispq1b8b)*
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