The onsite interview process was fantastic. I felt very welcomed, water and snacks were waiting for me, nice welcome notes on the whiteboard, and a Thank You for coming in card on the table. The people were really nice, while asking good, challenging questions. Had a nice chat/interview over lunch at a restaurant around the corner.
And then... I got on the phone with the HR rep 2 days later, he told me the team loved me, but I had one more interview that was just completing a "check mark" and after that I would receive an offer in 1-3 days. Four days later, I contact him to see how things are going at their end and I'm told they're interviewing an internal referral, but he thought "nothing would come of it". In the meantime I got an actual offer from another company, so I contacted the Splunk HR guy, told him I wanted to make a decision in the next 3 days, and then was told they were now looking at 2 candidates. I hope it's not common practice for them to say they're going to get you an offer and then not follow through. So uncool. A "we're no longer interested" statement would have been more appropriate. After that experience, it was very satisfying to send the note that I was no longer interested in the position because I accepted an offer at another company. And it's a much better opportunity for me in many ways. But up until they started jerking me around I totally could have seen myself working for them and enjoying it.
