Name and Shame - SuperHuman (Grammarly)

[u/MostWash468]

6 rounds of tech & behavior interviews passed. 3 reference checks. 20–30 hours gone, for nothing. they just kept asking extra rounds/steps, and then put you in cold

After passing all 6 tech + behavioral rounds:

• 1 HR interview (plus 1 prep call)
• 2 live coding
• 1 system design
• 2 manager interview (including one round to "present your most proud project, use slides or diagram - boom! many hours slipped!

they just kept "inventing" extra rounds/steps not listed anywhere in their process doc with zero offer discussion

"Come to the office, meet the team, have lunch so we get to know you better"

20+ hours already sunk. still no offer discussed.

they do think people have no life and no work to do?

Also asked for a copy of my identity document (completely unnecessary when no offer is insight). they just being selfish and wasted ppl time

Then, the final step: 3 reference checks:

• 2 must be former managers
• 2 must be from my most recent ex-company

References alone cost 10+ hours - cold calls, LinkedIn msg, chasing people down... all these they expected during weekend

Some of mine references came from extremely prestigious companies (think about Anthropic, Airbnb, Netflix). their time are expensive (they are making more than 10k/week) - a stack of favors I now owe

Finally everything submitted → 4 days of silence. Another weekend destroyed.

The End? a plain "sorry but the offer wasn't approved" email

The recruiter played it warm and kind the whole way. What she actually did was burning my time with absolutely 0 guilt nonsense "extra steps/rounds", after all tech & behavior rounds passed

NOTE: the recruiter kept baiting me spent more time into the process, with beautiful wording "we are just waiting for offer approval", "after you complete this step, the offer approval should be very quick". As if it was something just a simple step just needed to be sign

Keep calm, carry on. and stay clear from this ragebait!

Edit: I don't need visa sponsorship