Aptean is dedicated to creating a positive candidate experience and we apologize that your experience was less than ideal. In our hiring process, recruiters try to have a conversation about compensation, skills and experience early in the process, ensuring we are being mindful of candidates’ time. Our goal is to set the expectation for the conversation and allow any candidates to step out of the process if their needs do not match what we are offering for a particular role. As a next step in the hiring process, recruiters collaborate with Hiring Managers to shortlist suitable candidates for the next round of interviews. In this case, we had many excellent candidates and those most suitable for this role were shortlisted. Please feel free to apply for any other role that you find suitable and we hope to work with you in future.