I have spend the last 2 months interviewing for my dream job at a large, respected company (but a very specific role, and there are only 2 companies that do this). The reason it took so long is they would average 2 weeks between interviews, usually with no communication whatsoever on their part (I always sent follow up emails a few days after each interview thanking them for their time as a courtesy). When they finally got back to me, they would ask for immediate action on my part, in one case requesting to interview me again just 4 hours later. Finally, after another two week stretch of silence, they say I haven’t been selected. The guy was nice and said he would talk with me over the phone to explain exactly why, which I though was cool since most companies wouldn’t do that. But I sent back my availability for the week and have heard nothing. It’s been 3 days now. Like why even offer that if you weren’t going to follow up?? At least an email saying “this week is too busy, let’s do next” would be something and would take like 10 seconds to type. But NOTHING? That’s downright disrespectful, on top of being super disappointed that I didn’t get the job.
It’s so frustrating that there is basically no incentive for companies to treat perspective employees with respect.