== It All Started Great ==
Sent out my resume.
Quick follow-up from their main recruiter.
Long discussion on the phone confirmed potential great match.
Coordinated a video call with their lead software engineer.
Video call took place, and went as good as it could.
Mostly a chance to present myself as an engineer, discuss my experience and to hear about Dashlane's own engineering culture / stack etc...
Great call by all my own standards:
Stayed one step ahead on most both technical and business subjects by providing sound insights after reverse engineering their tech and business model.
Went as far sharing and discussing an interesting bug I'd found and documented while trying out the company's product.
Call ended as expected with a confirmation of a mutual agreement we should take things further,: I would be hearing from Dashlane soon to move on with the process.
== But then Nothing ==
Dashlane neither followed up.
Neither the lead engineer, nor the recruiter.
When I politely inquired what had been happening through the recruiter, I was offered a non-sensical 'I was in vacation and I'll try to get a better feedback'.
My reply was simply to suggest not bother with, the point having been done already.
== My take ==
Looking at the reviews on Glassdoor, I seem to be at odds with the otherwise raving reports.
Safe of me failing to act professionally though, I'd expected them to demonstrate the same minimum of professional courtesy I always provide and come to expect from top players in the industry.
Years of experience as a software engineer have taught me to consider the lack of professional courtesy as a strong red flag about a company's health, with strong implications about both its ability to treat its employees decently, and its own ability to stay in business in the long term.