Unfortunately, I did not even get to the actual interview... I receive an email from a Talent Acquisition Specialist who ask to set up a phone interview, and to make sure I would be willing to commute as I live about 90 minutes from their HQs. I respond a little over an hour later that I am willing to commute and send over times in which I'm able to chat over the phone. The next day, the recruiter responds on a good time for the following day to chat, and I confirm that time 30 minutes later with the number I can be reached at for the call the next day, and that I was looking forward to it.
When the agreed upon time comes, I wait for the call, but she never calls. After 40 minutes, I email the recruiter to say I understand if something came up and ask if she would like to reschedule. She never responds. After about 4 days, I give her a call and leave a message on her voicemail, which is also ignored.
At this point, I get it - HARMAN is probably not the next stop in my career. However, I would just like to receive an explanation for the unprofessional blow-off. So six days following the day we had our phone interview scheduled, I call her office again and she answers. I introduce myself and ask if the job search is still open and if there is some reason why we didn't connect as planned. She then tells me that they already have an offer out to someone, but she'd keep me in mind if things change. I accept that they have moved on, but ask for a reason as to why I there was no follow up after she failed to call at the agreed upon time, to which she says that she did send me an email and it must of landed in my spam. This was untrue as our email correspondence was starred in my gmail account, and I had checked my spam and had no emails from her. Also, she never offered an explanation to why she blew off our call, which was booked for the day after we initially settled on a time.
I understand things happen and the job hunting process is tedious and stressful on both sides. That being said, I believe showing courtesy, honest and respect should be the highest priority for both the interviewer AND the interviewee.
Since my interview experience barely got off the ground with HARMAN, I can't speak to their PR department, or really to the company, but I can only hope that this one talent acquisition specialist can internally acknowledge her poor behavior in this instance and treat future candidates better.