I have never been through such a long and disorganized interviewing process, with little regard for the prospective employee. I first spoke on the phone with an HR manager, then with a VP who did not seem to know much about my area of work. Then I met with the CFO who made me come at 8:30am but showed up at 9:00 am (I was standing in the street until he came). He did not seem to know what to ask me. Then I was asked to meet with 8 other people. I was never told by anyone that one of the persons I met with was actually the acting director for the position I was interviewed for. There were weeks of waiting in between these interviewing episodes with no feedback. Then I was asked to provide references, which, usually signals that you are going to have an offer. My references were stellar (per the HR manager). Several weeks later she called to say that all was fine but also announced that they had 'just hired a new Chief Development Officer' who wanted to meet with me. I had not choice but to meet with him. His experience did not really match the CDO position he had just been hired for. He could not answer any of my questions, but that did not stop him from being arrogant. He never thanked me for meeting with him and I never heard from him again. The HR manager called me to ask me if I had any questions--they had made the decision of putting the position on hold but did not bother telling me. Three months passed and I received an automatic e-mail saying that they had hired someone.
My impression, is that this is a chaotic, disorganized organization. It is characterized by big leadership gaps and bad internal communication. It is staffed b with young idealistic but naive and inexperienced employees. PIH was Boston's pet charity for a while, received lots of money during the Haiti earthquake but could not sustain the flow. If you want to dream big, hope you can jump without a parachute without hurting yourself and earn a low salary, this is the place for you. I am personally grateful that I did not join!