I’ve never felt less respected during an interview process. Let me start by saying I was SO excited about this role and company. I ended up pulling myself out the running because of my experience so that should tell you something. I was interviewing with the team for a month and a half with no end in sight. It started with a call with a recruiter. I knew there was going to be a pause between that and the second call due to logistics so that was fine. Then I had four more calls. One with the hiring manager, three with team members. I got great feedback and was told those were the last steps. Until I got an email asking for me to complete a take home. I did so because I was (again) extremely excited about the role. Again, I received good feedback but then another call was sprung on me even though “this was the final step!”. I gave my availability for this third “final” step/call a week ago and followed up on my own. I was told I’d get a response by EOD…three days ago. So I pulled myself out the running. I am in a terrible spot right now after being laid off. I’m about to lose housing for myself and my son with special needs and we’re losing our medical insurance. But this process was so demeaning that I still pulled myself. I felt like had I even been offered the role (which I don’t think I was going to be at this point) I would’ve had to over-prove myself in every which way, every single day and would’ve felt unworthy given all the hurdles no other employees had to go through. Reiterating one more time that I think this is an awesome company. Everyone seemed great so I’m not sure where the disconnect was with the process but I’ve never felt so defeated.