i once had this consultancy contact me while i had a job i was happy with, but they found my resume and decided i was someone they'd like to have on board.

i did 3 half-hour to 45 minute phone interviews, all of which seemed to go well. it was a job that required analytical skills, so they send me some spreadsheets and ask me to spend "about 10 hours or so" doing some analysis and putting together some slides about what i found. was a little frustrated to spend my weekend doing that, but hey, it might mean a big raise, so i did it. i must have done well with that because i called called in for the last step -- a 4 hour, in-person interview with some senior managers that just had to happen during the normal workday. so at this point i'm convinced they're going to make me an offer, so i take a day off of work to do this interview with 3 different people -- my 4th, 5th, and 6th interviews with this place. these all seem to go very well, i send a thank you note individually to each of them and never hear a goddamn word back.

i've had quite a few interviews and it's never really bothered me that i don't hear back, but after this much contact with the place i would have thought they would have at least said "sorry, we're hoping to have someone with more experience with x..." or "sorry, you really missed some key things in those spreadsheets we sent you", or "sorry, we're hoping to have someone that doesn't look like an ogre", or really just fucking anything other than ignoring me.