Three months. Multiple follow-ups. A full interview loop. And silence.

I want to share my recent interview experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (IC2 SDE role)—not out of bitterness, but because this has become far too common in today’s job market.

The process started with enthusiasm. Scheduling delays followed. Then weeks of silence. I had to repeatedly follow up just to get basic updates. At one point, an interviewer didn’t even show up for a scheduled round, and I was asked to exit the call without explanation.

Despite all this, I stayed professional, prepared, and completed all interview rounds, including the final loop.

After finishing everything, I waited again. And again.
Only after multiple follow-ups did I finally receive a response—a generic rejection with no feedback, after nearly three months of time, preparation, stress, and emotional investment.

This raises a serious question:

👉 When did candidate time stop mattering?

In today’s market, it increasingly feels like companies—especially large ones—are comfortable dragging candidates through long, exhausting processes simply because they can. High applicant volume should never justify poor communication, lack of transparency, or dismissiveness.

If a company asks for weeks or months of a candidate’s life:

• Timely communication is the bare minimum
• Respectful coordination is non-negotiable
• Actionable feedback is not a “nice to have”—it’s basic professionalism

A vague “not the right fit” after a full loop helps no one. It signals that the process values throughput over people.

I’m sharing this not to attack individuals, but to call out a broken hiring culture that many candidates are silently enduring. We normalize this behavior because we fear burning bridges—but silence only reinforces it.

Candidates deserve better.
Time deserves respect.
And hiring processes need accountability.

If you’re a recruiter or hiring manager reading this: please remember there’s a human on the other side of your pipeline.

And to fellow candidates—you’re not alone. Your frustration is valid.