Xandr's interview process summed up was a misleading mess. Went through the entire interview process as a referral candidate and was offered a strong verbal by several members of the team (great news, but still cautious). There was an email chain with the subject line "congratulations" in which future colleagues were sharing welcome greetings. A member of their recruiting team had even reached out to ask what would happen if my current company at the time countered Xandr's offer, to which I affirmed my interest in pursuing the offer with Xandr. Several weeks later, the recruiter ghosted me, and the "congratulations" chain went silent. After inquiring about the written offer further on my own initiative, I was informed that the headcount was not approved... but still strung along that they were "working to get an exception" (unknown outcome of those attempts to this day). At that point, I wasn't holding my breath. Had Xandr displayed more ownership and accountability of the situation, this review wouldn't be here. Overall disappointing display of lack of professionalism even for organizations as well known as Microsoft.