Walked out of an Interview after Waiting for 12 minutes.
I'm a 45M who's been unemployed for the last 6 months. I've been desperately searching for a job in the CS field for the past few months. I got laid off from my last job because of budget cuts and company restructuring, even though I was pushing considerably more than the team average.
I got to the office fully prepared (I'd studied for about 2 weeks) and waited for my interview in an adjacent room. Then nothing for 12 minutes straight, complete loss of time, so I just decided to get up and leave. Look, I can understand something unexpected coming up and them having to make a few last-minute adjustments, but robbing people of valuable time without giving them any updates is a huge sign of disrespect.
I even had the receptionist call me the day before to confirm the appointment.
996, overtime culture, and so much more have completely taken over, and it's unbelievable that this kind of thing is still happening today…