Five weeks of calendar Tetris across three time zones. The fourth reschedule arrived 40 minutes before the call, while J. was already in the waiting room.
J. interviewed with a logistics unicorn for a senior backend role. The process: screening, technical interview, a take-home that took about 8 hours, then the promise of a final conversation with the CTO.
That final never happened.
First reschedule: "CTO has a conflict, can we do Thursday?" Second: "Actually, Friday works better for the team." Third: "The CTO is traveling — we'll reach out next week." Fourth: 40 minutes before the Monday reschedule, while J. was already in the Google Meet waiting room: "Can we push to later this week?"
No fifth date was ever offered. The recruiter stopped responding to emails.