Had two rounds one with recruiter and one with the hiring manager. In all fairness both went well. Recruiter was wonderful and provided a lot of insightful answers and questions for screening. Hiring manager was very much more conversational curious to know what I was currently working on and asking questions to really get a flavor of my experience level based on the product and projects I was currently managing instead of cookie cutter questions. The only thing that left a bad taste in my mouth is not the ‘ghosting’ but that both the hiring manager and recruiter in both email and over the interview said “we will have an update for you either way by the end of the week. Early next week at the very latest”. And granted I get things get busy and they’re by no means the only ones to do this but really if they don’t know if they can keep their word, they should really stop saying that and be more vague. But I do get that’s just part of the business where those who are not too candidates realistically will always be ghosted just bc of time.