I turned down a 4th-round interview. Then 3 people called to ask why.
I told them 4 rounds is too many. Every interview required me to take time off work, and they hadn't even offered me one dollar yet.
A hiring process should respect your time.
Andrew Lokenauth
npub144…450vp
2026-07-20 23:36:44 UTC
Author Public Key
npub144rtt3jc6225m4gcpeftdgekm9rsssrwspnkwtyvqampfk6wmzvs4450vpSeen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-07-20 23:36:44 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "fa0b8f0199bf72407fcc1d8b3824c264b714c1464dd2936dfb0679edf1c2daff",
"pubkey": "ad46b5c658d2954dd5180e52b6a336d94708406e8067672c8c077614db4ed899",
"created_at": 1784590604,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/users/FluentInFinance/statuses/116954929827468417",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub"
]
],
"content": "I turned down a 4th-round interview. Then 3 people called to ask why.\n\nI told them 4 rounds is too many. Every interview required me to take time off work, and they hadn't even offered me one dollar yet.\n\nA hiring process should respect your time.",
"sig": "0dd4f710f4436f96e72c689f8abdffb294b718b77ec14fcdda982737b6c2aa1b5d0c4bd3aaa46c9cbfc622abc417c114d1c51d42fd56faa5ab715bdbcd0ff4b7"
}