I applied for a job posted on LinkedIn for which I was an excellent fit. A couple weeks later I was contacted by an internal recruiter via linkedin direct message saying he was impressed with my background and I appear to be a great fit etc. He explained the next step was for me to submit a video of myself answering some questions through a screening tool he provided. It was basically a one-sided short interview, and he said "only a few candidates have made it this far." He contacted me on Christmas Eve, so I asked about expectations on timing given the holiday. He told me I could take a couple days but that they're moving really fast so he would send me a cognitive assessment in advance to skip a step in the process. I submitted my video the first business day after Christmas and didn't hear from him. I followed up by LinkedIn DM and still nothing. Ghosted. Fast forward about a month and I get a personal message, (not a linkedin blast) from a third party recruiter. He said he's working on a role where I appear to be a great fit and we arranged time to talk. It turned out to be the same role at ZestyPaws! I explained to him where I was in the process and he got me back in touch with the original recruiter who finally sent me the cognitive assessment. I completed it immediately - it was an easy one. Then I didn't hear from him again. Weeks went by after pinging him on DM, so I finally reached out to the third party recruiter to see if he could assist me in getting in touch. Moments later I got a "thanks we're moving in another direction" email from ZestyPaws. A mentor once told me the way a company treats employment candidates is a good indicator of how they treat employees and customers.