The interview process was very hurry-up and wait, and ultimately a disorganized waste of my time. I met initially with the hiring manager for what I expected to be a casual networking chat. Turns out it was a job interview (unbeknownst to me). Although I wasn’t aware of an opening (and none was listed on the website), I was happy to discuss a new position the hiring manager clearly thought would be a good fit for me. I left feeling excited about what sounded like a great career move and confident I was a top candidate for the job. The hiring manager quickly arranged for me to interview one on one with each member of team. In one day I interviewed back-to-back with four people in person and one via Skype. I had another Skype interview the next day and a phone interview with the final team member the following Monday. So seven people in three days. The manager was also in a rush to have me submit a formal application (including references) and take a writing test (very straightforward and not too time-consuming). Everyone on the team had done their homework and came to the interviews prepared with specific questions for me based on my resume. They were all friendly and professional. I liked them and believe I would have enjoyed working with them. While they asked about how my previous job experience would inform my work at Oceana, each of them zeroed in on my communications style and ability to work well with others. The subtext was unmistakable: they were frustrated because their manager didn’t communicate with them. After this flurry of activity, nothing. The next step was supposed to be a final interview with the president of Oceana and the Comms VP, but all I got for three weeks was crickets. I finally had to contact the hiring manager myself to ask what was going on. That particularly bothered me—it was their responsibility to communicate with me, not the other way around. I emailed him in the morning and didn’t get a response until after 6 pm—telling me they were no longer going forward with creating the position! I invested a lot of time and effort to apply for this job, only to be left hanging for three weeks and then be told, effectively, “sorry, my bad, we changed our minds.” Incredibly unprofessional.