The first interview was scheduled for 10 a.m.; the candidate waited nearly an hour — on vacation time from a current job — before being told it needed rescheduling. Five rounds followed, one interviewer never showed, and the rejection still arrived. A process that burns a candidate’s leave and then no-shows them is its own answer.
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Five Rounds, One No-Show, Then a Rejection
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View source →Round 1 — rescheduled after 1h waitRounds 2–5 (1 no-show)Decision — rejected
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