It really is a shock to realize that a communications company is such a poor communicator.
1. After a month of very strong meetings (in which the hiring partner said at the end of the interview that she felt as though she were "looking in a mirror", and which the lead recruiter had told me that the team "loved" me, I was asked to come into the HQ to meet with a number of people for a "final round" of interviews . . . but only one person actually showed up in person. The rest of the meetings were conducted via teleconference.
2. This includes a meeting with someone who felt it was too much of an effort to walk from his building to the room where I was supposed to be interviewed. The small conference room was hot and stuffy, and I was never offered either a food or bathroom break until far too late in the afternoon.
3. After meeting with many, many people over many, many weeks, this person was extremely condescending from the start, which blind-sided me. Not only did he feel it was too much effort to join me in person, but his first question to me was "What have they told you about this position?".
4. I was not prepped for this, and really did not know how to answer him because the recruiters had never given me any final feedback on this either.
5. My frustration was compounded by the fact that another random recruiter contacted me to schedule a call with management that conflicted with this interview. Who does this?
6. When I did speak to management the next day, she seemed distracted and was very short with me. She clearly was not listening as she asked me questions that I had already answered, and then focused on business issues rather than my legal acumen.
7. I never heard from anyone again . . . no calls, emails or anything whatsoever.