I have recently been looking for a new job, and have had face to face interviews over the past couple of weeks with about ten different companies.
Out of those, I was really pleased when I was offered a job by a really well respected company, that I would be excited to work for. All good.
When pulling out of the process with two other companies, HR came back with 'but we absolutely loved you, please come back in for a relaxed final stage interview, we are so excited to have you interviewing' etc. etc.
So against my better judgment, I went back, despite having verbally accepted the original role offered.
I've just been rejected for both of them. In both cases for utterly bullshit reasons that they either knew about from my CV, or seemingly plucked from thin air. I feel like they have wasted both my time, and my emotional resources for dealing with rejection.
During the interview process with all companies I was made to do maths and verbal reasoning tests (despite being middle management, not a grad role), presentations, case studies, and interviews with various team members.
HR are basically just there to think of the most long winded ways to recruit someone, to justify their own existance in their jobs.
Arrrggghh!