First, there was an internal recruiting/exploratory call to get some basic background data and share some details about the company, position, and hiring manager. It was very pleasant. Then I was given a case study with technical questions for the role to complete within 5 days. Given my day job and family life, the only time I had to do this was on the weekend – I can imagine most candidates for this would’ve been in a similar position. This also happened to be Easter weekend. Thus, the timing of this request was a very insensitive decision by the company in my opinion. Could I have asked for extra time? Well I’m sure I could have but how would that have appeared? I actually sacrificed time away from my family to type up nearly 20 pages of what I felt was solid material - all on Easter weekend, because I thought the opportunity was worth chasing. Next was an interview with the hiring manager. He was ill-prepared as he hadn't read my case study despite having it for a week - he even admitted he had it but just missed the email completely. Despite that, I enjoyed the discussion - it was a pleasant conversation and I felt excited about the potential opportunity A few days later then told me they'd like to have me come on-sight for another round of interviews so I submitted my availability. Then...crickets...for about a week. I proactively followed up and the recruiter spoke to me and told me everything was cancelled, because of SOMETHING IN MY RESUME THAT WAS ALWAYS THERE, I EXPLAINED VIA MY INTERVIEWS, SEEMED TO NOT BE AN ISSUE, AND YET THAT WAS THE REASON THEY WERE NOT GOING TO PROCEED - THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS SIMPLY BY LOOKING AT MY RESUME AND JUST NOT HAVING ME EVEN SPEAK WITH THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE! I know things like this happen, but that doesn't mean its acceptable behavior. This was an interview for a high-level position and I'd expect better from a company with a solid Glassdoor rating. My advice - Get your hiring processes in order, you clearly "put the cart before the horse" here. You had a policy about candidates in place (which in my opinion was silly) but that policy was ignored until the interview process already had kicked off. The policy should've been acted on from the outset of the process, and it just popped up in the middle wasting lots of time and effort by all parties involved.