I had a particularly negative experience with Rice. After a successful first round screener, I was invited to a second round, multi-hour panel interview with the hiring manager. For this interview, I would be required to present for thirty minutes on a project I had solved in a previous role. Before the official invitation came through, I sent an email to the hiring manager flagging a scheduling conflict: I would be out of the country for a week and unable to interview during that time. That email went unanswered. When the official invitation for the second round panel interview showed up in my inbox, it was for precisely the week of my conflict. I responded that I would be unable to interview that week but expressed I could make other times work. That email too went unanswered. I was excited for the role and assumed they were busy, so I prepared my presentation anyway. I spent several hours putting it together, but by then, it had been several weeks of silence. I followed up multiple times and never heard anything back. I checked the application portal regularly until one day I saw I was "not under consideration." I was not the preferred candidate, clearly, but am still shocked by the way I was treated. I took the time to apply, complete a first round interview, and put together a lengthy presentation. Rice could not be so bothered as to field a simple reply. Not a thanks or a sorry or an acknowledgement. I think this is embarrassing behavior for an institution of this caliber. Consider carefully before you apply; they don't seem to value their candidates.