She had left her previous job after a breast cancer diagnosis. She was on food stamps. Student loans. Credit card debt. Medical bills. Then came the interview process.
The role required seven rounds -- a case study, a board deck, a presentation, and a final meeting with HR. Six weeks of preparation, rehearsals, and hoping folded into nearly two months of her life.
When the email arrived, it was three sentences: the company was moving forward with another candidate who "better fit their needs."
She threw up. Literally.
Then she checked the company's job board. The position was back up. Days after rejecting her, they were fishing for the same role. No feedback. No explanation. Just the same listing, as if seven rounds and six weeks had been a routine clearance exercise.
The candidate, posting as u/namas_D_A on r/recruitinghell, wrote that she felt "embarrassed, humiliated and confused." Commenters called the seven-round gauntlet "absolutely bananas" for a role the company had no apparent urgency to fill. One wrote: "They reposted it. They didn't even have the decency to sit on it for a week."
The post drew thousands of upvotes and coverage from Newsweek and NDTV. The company never explained why it needed seven interviews to decide on a candidate it would replace with a repost days later.