I had applied for a full-time position with the organization. A few weeks after I sent in my application, I was contacted by phone by the director of human resources, who told me they had an opening for a part-time position that I could do from home and that was more in the subject area where my experience was than the position I had originally applied for. I submitted to him a little more information about myself pertaining to the other position. Then I was handed over to the hiring manager, who contacted me. We chatted on the phone. It wasn't a formal interview - just a chat. The call concluded with her telling me that I had the skills for the position (even more than her). We agreed on a course of action - that I would do some reading of some existing materials to get up to speed with the program and see how topics were written about. She agreed that she would get back to me "in a few days." I completed my task over the following weekend, expecting to hear back from her as she promised. "A few days" turned into a week...then two weeks...then almost three weeks. She finally emailed me to say she had gone with another candidate.
This interaction shows that they - or at least this employee - are not very organized and that they don't communicate well with potential employees.
