Ask HN: Months Long Interview Process

Don't wait on them, just keeping interviewing, and when you have an offer you're happy with, move forward with it.

I can't remember the last time that less than a couple of months have passed between the start of applying for a position until I got word that I was hired.

However, 7+ meetings in that time? I've never experienced that and I wouldn't be willing to put up with it (which might be why I never experienced it). But that's a matter of temperament, so YMMV.

Is this company asking you to do things for them by any chance? The only time I've seen anything like this was when they were leeching free consultancy for a problem they were unable to solve. They compartmentalized the problem into different sub-components and under the guise of advancement in the process, held an 'interview' on them separately and a follow-up for the feedback (i.e. find out the answers). Once they had all the parts they needed, they said the person had not got the job.

Find different opportunities - this one sounds no good. If they treat you like this in the play nice phase, they will treat you much, much worse if they ever employ you.

If they're ghosting you, you can freely ghost them. If they come back at some point, great, but expect that they won't.

If they're continuing to ask you to interview, to jump through hoops, to fill out more applications or do more assignments or whatever, the time to call a halt to that is is long way before three months. You don't have time in your life for that game. (Even if you have nothing else to do but job hunt, spend your time hunting for a job that won't put you through that kind of nonsense.)