The screening interview with the HR representative was great. Good conversation, and very informative. She submitted me for review to the hiring manager and the hiring manager reached out to set up an initial interview. Took about a week to schedule the interview (HR was not involved at this point.) The interview was set up for a 1/2 hr. and we ended up chatting for almost an hour. During the interview she let me know that she would be reaching out to set up another, more formal interview with herself and another executive. After the interview I sent a thank you note and let her know I was looking forward to the second interview with her and the other executive. A week goes by with no response. That can be typical in the interview process, so didn’t think too much of it. She finally reached out, apologized and told me she ran into “scheduling conflicts” the week prior and had a corporate leadership conference the current week and so things were on pause until the end of that week until she could refocus on setting up the interview. I sent back a friendly response letting her know that I was eager to reconnect when things settled down at week’s end. After my last response I didn’t intend to follow up again, getting a negative vibe as to how the interview process had been handled at that point. Well, you know what they say about always trusting your intuition? I was right! I got ghosted! The hiring manager never did reach back out, and after almost two weeks with no communication re: next steps for the second, more formal interview, I got one of those generic HR auto-response emails that indicated that the position had been filled. Is this really how companies handle the interviewing process these days? Telling candidates that you will be in touch with details re: the next interview and then basically ghosting them is beyond unprofessional. I’m embarrassed for CoralTree Hospitality.

My experience with CoralTree’s recruiting process has been consistently disappointing. After being told I’d hear back early in the week, I received no communication at all until I followed up days later. This mirrors a previous experience where I was told I’d be moving forward, only to be ghosted entirely. The issue isn’t the rejection — it’s the lack of follow‑through, the missed timelines, and the avoidable silence. It signals a disorganized hiring process and a lack of respect for candidate time. For a company hiring senior‑level talent, this should be a priority.