I had a phone interview with 2 hiring managers. Nothing overly in depth. It ended on a good note as they said I should expect an invitation to campus for a face to face interview. I received the invitation after the holidays. I was given a schedule of 3 half hour meetings-- one with a fellow program manager, one with the 2 hiring managers, and one with HR.
I really wanted to want this job. The fellow program manager and HR rep were friendly. The hiring managers I felt no rapport with. They also had both written "maybe" so it was clearly visible on the printed copies each of them had of my resume. It just didn't enable a welcoming feeling. I had left my job at the end of 2015, which was since we had first spoken by phone. I updated my resume and started off by telling them the changes. One later said "we come from the school where you don't leave a job until you have another one." At that moment, I knew this was not the job for me. The hiring managers seemed disconnected and buried with their own problems. I contemplated not going to the HR portion, but I did. A few days later I withdrew my application. I never heard anything either way so clearly it was not a fit on either side. I received a much better offer two weeks later so things do happen for a reason!
