The interview process began with a simple introductory phone call with a member of the hiring team set up by the internal recruiter. The conversation went well and we moved forward to do a technical screening with the hiring manager. The scheduling of this interview was more complicated than it needed to be. The internal recruiter gave me some dates and times that worked for the hiring manager and I replied that none of those worked, yet they scheduled me for one of those times anyway. The hiring manager called me while I was AFK to do the technical screening and luckily he was a nice guy who was understanding of the miscommunication. We scheduled another time to do the interview over the phone. The internal recruiter then got back to me and scheduled me at a different time than what the hiring manager and I had agreed upon, to which I followed up and told them about our previous scheduling. Finally all our ducks were in a row and I proceeded to the technical screening. Test was simple enough and I made it to the point of an on-site. At this point, however, the internal recruiter followed up with me and said that they needed to have a phone call before I proceeded to the on-site interview. This conversation was the general recruiter interview in which they ask about compensation expectations and other logistical information. However, when the recruiter seemed insistent on having me name a number for my expected compensation, AFTER we had already gone through two phone interviews (that took a decent amount of time), it seemed a bit unorthodox, and if this was a concern, it should have been ironed out at the beginning of the interview process. I was very interested in the position, and was very reluctant to give any sort of number for compensation expectation in the case that it would disqualify my candidacy. Nevertheless, it was a required part of the process, so I obliged. I made it to the on-site and had a few great conversations with the team. I felt the interviews went so well that I could say with 90% certainty that things were going to work out. I sent a follow up email to the hiring manager thanking him for having me and the standard post-interview pleasantries. This is where things took a turn for the worse. I followed up with the recruiter a week after the interview and they said that they had a few more interviews to complete before they made a final decision and they would get back to me shortly. I waited another week to ping them for an update, and I received no response... then another week, no response. After a month of waiting they said that they weren't going to move forward with me. Thing is, that position is still open on their site. There obviously could be a multitude of factors that led to my disqualification, but from my perspective I believe it was the salary negotiation. My advice for those going into this process: try to make it clear to the recruiter that you're open to negotiation.