I was first reached out to by a recruiter to schedule a 30 minute phone screen. They asked me normal interview questions for a sourcing role. Then they let me know that they would schedule me for the next interview, which was a 1 hour Zoom interview with the manager. In the prep email, the recruiter said it would be good to wear a business casual outfit for the interview. I complied, however when I got onto the interview the manager I was being interviewed by was wearing really casual clothes, which made me feel overdressed and I got a little flustered. Why does it matter what you wear in a Zoom interview, anyway? You only ever see their top half... The interview with the manager seemed to go really well. It was more of a flowing conversation rather than just question and answer. The manager let me know that the recruiters in the company were fairly new, so they lacked some crucial skills like prioritizing candidate experience and supporting DEI initiatives. I thought that was weird because I feel like every company in this day and age at least has a program for DEI initiatives. Even I have experience supporting DEI. The manager told me in the interview about next steps, which was a take home assignment, and then a panel interview discussing the assignment. Because the manager told me this without me asking, I assumed that I would be at least moved to the take home assignment stage. The manager also told me I would hear back by either the end of the week, or the end of the following Monday. I didn't hear back by Monday, so I was going to send a follow up email on Tuesday. However, I got rejected on that Tuesday from a no reply email. As someone that works in recruiting and values candidate experience, this is not how to reject a candidate that has gone through the interview process. If someone has made it past the phone screen, the rejection email should at least come from the recruiter. It's very offensive that they rejected me from a no reply email and gave me a very generic rejection template. PS, the recruiter told me on the phone that the company was "like a family", which is a huge red flag for me. I guess I should have went with my gut and stopped right there.