Where should I start with this terrible experience? I should warn any professional to approach this company with caution and advise that you not invest too much time into their interview process. I have been an Account Manager / Client Representative / Customer Success Manager for over 20 years, most recently with one of the largest IT companies in the world. I also have a degree in Finance so Power Plan was naturally on my radar. I have never been put through a process like I was put through at Power Plan in all my life. I had 4 interviews over the telephone then I was asked to fly down to their office in Atlanta GA. In Atlanta I had dinner with the hiring manager and another person from the team. During the dinner they explained: 1 that the SR VP who I was supposed to meet with was the smartest person they ever worked with and 2 that he could not be in person because he could not make it to the Atlanta office so I would have to do the interview with him via Skype. Yes I flew to Atlanta to have a Skype interview with the main person I was supposed to speak with. The next day I interviewed in person one on one with 3 people and the Skype interview with the SR VP. The person who was interviewing me just before my Skype call was running over and I had to politely remind him twice of the scheduled call with the SR VP. He kept saying don't worry we are always late he'll understand. I finally said I would appreciate not being late to an interview call at this level. He was then rushed to get me set up for the video call. They had no equipment to do the video call so we had to use my personal computer. I interviewed with the SR VP via Skype for 25 -30 minutes and then the hiring manager entered the conference room and interrupted us . After the Skype meeting the SR VP immediately called the hiring manager’s cell and told him that the video was not on and he could not see me. He never mentioned it during the entire interview even during introductions when I asked. By this time I was wiped out from the morning of interviewing and upset that the video was not on for the Sr VP. I had to go right into giving a 30 minute presentation to the group. I could choose my topic so I chose Customer Success Management with points from Nick Mehta's book, of the same title and how my skills relate. Only 2 people from the planned group could make the presentation in person and the SR VP attended via conference line. The hiring manager interrupted me on my 2nd slide saying I sounded too rehearsed, like I was reading and advised me to just talk so that I "don't waste my 30 minutes". The other person in the room questioned why did I choose the topic? I struggled to answer that question politely because I was interviewing for a Customer Success Manager position and that is why I chose the topic. I was pretty much done by that point but I quickly finished my presentation and thanked everyone. The SR VP hung up from the conference line and immediately called the hiring manager's cell phone. The hiring manager said "I'm still in the room with him" Yes we are all still here" I stopped packing my laptop and asked if they would like me to leave the room. They answered yes so I stepped out for a minute. When I was called back in the hiring manager acknowledged that “that was an uncomfortable situation”. He then asked me to lunch. We had a very awkward lunch. I was 60% sure the interview took a bad turn and they would not be interested in me and I was 90% sure that I was not interested in them, even though I was unemployed and needed a job. To say the least I was struggling with how I could not accept if an offer was made. I sent a thank you email to the hiring manager thanking him for dinner, lunch and having me down to Atlanta. He replied with a request that I talk to another person from his team over the phone. That is a total of 9 interviews, a dinner, a lunch, and a presentation. By this time I had major concerns about working for someone who is incapable of making a business decision like hire don't hire without everyone on his team speaking with the candidate. I did have the call with the other person because they were formally from the same company I was from and I was determined to see this to the end. She assured me that she knows what I was doing at our old company and that she told the hiring manager that she doesn’t even need to talk to me that "he can't go wrong offering the job" to me. We actually had a great conversation and she regained my interest in the position. Two weeks later I received an email from the recruiter saying that they are going with another candidate. I definitely took it as a blessing in disguise. There are major red flags with Power Plan and any other company that puts a candidate through a 9 plus interview process.