My first interview was lovely, while I had my concerns with the company, I felt a good connection with the person that would have been my direct report. Then came the second interview, which was awkward, stuffy, and just plain uncomfortable. The gentleman I spoke with spent more time bashing the current "low level" employees and confirming over and over again that I would be comfortable with a hybrid position because they needed someone to pick up the slack in HR (because of those same employees he was complaining about.) I was told they would be in touch by the end of the week. Never heard anything. The following week I got an email from the first person I interviewed with stating she had drafted an email to me but forgot to hit send. She said the manager was overseas and they'd been delayed but they would have a decision the following week. I didn't hear anything and assumed I was out of the running. Which was fine as I would have likely declined but two weeks later, completely out of the blue, I received another email stating something very similar to the previous interview (Manager still out of the country and THEY PROMISE they'll have a decision next week.) Look, I'm a recruiter so I understand the need to "keep candidates warm" especially when you're not getting a lot of applicants. You're not going to get amazing employees with these kind of hiring practices. Any seasoned Recruiter can see through it. I broke out in actual laughter when I heard back the last time.