It started with an email response, enthusiastic and excited to set up an introductory call. Which we did, the very next morning. That conversation went well, and we set up a video virtual meeting with more team members for a few days later. I put on a nice shirt, and spiffed up the room in the background, picking up the laundry and turning on some lights in anticipation of our video call. Those two chats must have gone well, too, and so we set up another virtual call for the following week, with even more potential colleagues. I put on a different nice shirt, and used the same spiffed up room for the background for the virtual call with three prospective co-workers. We talked for about an hour, about a wide variety of topics, comfortably and collegially. I felt great about how well these virtual meetings went, and was energized thinking about working with this group of interesting, intelligent, and dedicated folks. That was over 10 weeks ago, and since then, there’s been no communication. None, neither virtual nor actual. Is a ghost considered virtual or actual? I don’t know, and it doesn’t matter. I do know that this is no way to communicate. It clearly demonstrates a lack of common courtesy. Don’t even bother to apply; companies like this don’t deserve your time.