Applied online and contacted by a recruiter to complete an on-line assessment. The three months that followed consisted of 5 interviews with various team members, all of whom essentially asked the same questions. After investing a total of 8 hours in interviews and assessments, I received an email stating that the manager would be in touch regarding next steps. Two weeks passed and radio silence. At this point, I realized I had dodged a bullet as I could never work with a team who had such a poor recruitment process in place. Sure enough after having to follow up again when no one got back to me, I was simply told that I was not a good match. The importance of providing a positive candidate experience is often overlooked and underestimated. As a recruiter, I could never work for a company that would ask me to put a candidate through such an inefficient, frustrating interview process.