A staffing agency reached out to me and it seemed like I was the unquestionable front-runner for almost two weeks. I had a great phone screen, my references all screamed that I was the best, and I was sent an assessment with no timeline or sense of urgency. Then, randomly, a manager "chimed in" on one of the discussions and dismissed me on the spot as a job-hopper. I'm passionate about startups and believe in lending my outstanding expertise where it's needed most, so that is the gamble I have taken, but I'm dedicated to being the best at what I do and am ardently searching for a company I can grow/lead for years to come. Further, I have ton of references who went to bat for me and on put their own reputations on the line just to back up the fact that I'm the real deal! I wrote a formal letter in addition to my cover letter just to address this specific concern, even though a ten-minute phone call is all it would take. I reached out to PEAK6's Engineering leadership on LinkedIn directly, and even leveraged intermediate connections to try and put me in touch with them. I was completely ignored. I know they have a lot of candidates and that it can be easy for them to turn people down, but I went way above and beyond to try and alleviate an otherwise minor concern based on an incorrect assumption- certainly no reason to just ghost your top candidate on a whim. PEAK6 may have some great resources behind them but they've proven that they're not serious about hiring the best. They'd rather split hairs and go for the safest bets; they may be hot right now but they'll soon become a bastion of complacency. I've seen it happen enough times in this industry to know that PEAK6 won't be the exception they think they deserve to be. If you have any unconventionality in your strong record of success, don't waste your time on these snobs.