TL;DR: they put me through an interview gauntlet, took my entire day, and ignored me for weeks until I aired my frustrations in their contact us form.
I haven’t used their products since but always heard great things about them. That enterprise push is fierce.
[1]: https://blog.webb.page/2018-01-11-why-the-job-search-sucks.t...
Interviewing sucks for everyone on either side, and efforts to improve candidate experience on my end have often been met with resistance in the company. One thing I've done is try to be as clear as possible at the end of interviews where someone stands. If it doesn't go well, I try to relate what didn't go well and how it applies to the position we're hiring for. If it goes well, my interviewers and I try to send out invites for the candidate to schedule the next interview within 10 minutes of completion, and I tell them that during the call.
So many companies are so risk-averse though, that they act like interviews are a poker game. I've generally had nothing but positives with my approach, and yes, someone may sue us at some point for being blunt and upfront, but my experience so far is people appreciate honest feedback if you deliver it kindly on the spot.
Every person I interviewed with at Hashicorp seemed to enjoy the conversation and the live coding challenge wasn't particularly challenging. Ah well.
Rejection is protection and redirection.
I tried doing that last time I hired and I think generally speaking makes a good experience for candidates, BUT when you have those 2-3 individuals that have really high opinions of themselves it can get tiring for the hiring manager (myself), because they won't accept the answer anyway and will keep asking and ultimately give some bad review in Glassdoor etc