Reddit Experience · 2026 Q1

Seven rounds of interviews, but now two weeks of silence. Job post taken down. Thoughts?

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Interview Experience

I’ve been through a marathon interview process for a role I really want—7 rounds in total. My final interview was two Mondays ago with the Division President (he’s new, about 3 months in). The intervi

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I’ve been through a marathon interview process for a role I really want—7 rounds in total. My final interview was two Mondays ago with the Division President (he’s new, about 3 months in). The interview went incredibly well—he actually used the word "Wow," said I had really good questions, and told me to give them a few days to "get our stuff together" for next steps. I sent a thank you email, as I did with each person in every round, and then followed up with the person arranging the interviews a week later (Monday of this week). Since that meeting with the President, and my follow up email to the person arranging the interviews, it’s been radio silence. The job was auto-reposted by the system about 6 days ago (likely a 30-day timer), but then manually taken down from the company site sometime this week. Is a 2-week silence after 7 rounds and a "Wow" final interview normal? Is the job being taken down usually mean they’ve found their person, or is it a bad sign? I’m planning to follow up again on Monday/Tuesday next week, but after 7 rounds, the silence is brutal. EXTRA NOTE - Out of those 7 rounds, 4 people were together in one day in person, and each person has been at VP, SVP, or President level, so high seniority.
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