This was an awful candidate experience and one of the biggest wastes of time I have ever had in a hiring process. I spent approximately ELEVEN HOURS interviewing with Home Depot AMP program. I took PTO, lost hundreds of dollars, prepared seriously, and treated the opportunity with respect. In return, I experienced a drawn-out, disorganized process that felt performative rather than legitimate. The same role kept being reposted for months while groups of candidates continued to be interviewed. From my perspective, it felt like candidates were being cycled through endlessly with no real intent to make a hire. One of their own employees even told me that the process was basically not real and that they were not actually looking for anyone. Recruiting communication was terrible. Follow-up was inconsistent, ghosting happened repeatedly, and there was no respect for the amount of time candidates were being asked to give. The interviewers also did not inspire confidence. Several seemed distracted, underprepared, and uninterested in actually listening. I gave detailed answers and tried to engage seriously, but the process felt like a box-checking exercise rather than a genuine evaluation. Taking candidates through eleven hours of interviews, letting them lose PTO and money, repeatedly reposting the job, and failing to communicate clearly is unacceptable. If a company is not seriously hiring, they should not waste people’s time. I would strongly warn other candidates to be careful before committing time to this process. Ask directly whether the role is active, funded, and actually being filled before giving them hours of your life.