I had first interview with HR. Great feedback. I had the next interview with hiring manger. Feedback was amazing too. All good. The final interview was scheduled with four people but only two turned up with one having to leave half-way through. I heard nothing afterwards. No update. Nothing. Even after I politely followed up. Many weeks later, I received a reply out of the blue which was neither a clear rejection or a confirmation the job had been put on hold. Their HR warned me at the beginning there had been a lot of changes there. My experience with them was confusing and disappointing.

I was initially told this position was filled. Then someone reached out to me asking if I was still interested and that they would be opening another product manager position. When I said yes, I was told that they would get back to me with more information 3 different times with a different date each time. This ended with them - upon being prompted by me again - telling me they’re no longer hiring for that position. Normally I would be unbothered by this but please don’t reach out and especially don’t give a timeline if you aren’t certain the position is open. A lot of people are out of a job as a result of the pandemic and now is not the time to give false hope. All that said, the recruiter seems nice enough and I’m certain this was not deliberate.