I applied on July 15th and heard back during the first week of August. I was sent an email on August 3rd from a recruiter asking me to answer 5 basic questions. This was sent on a Friday and I was asked to schedule a telephone interview that Monday. It went well and I was told that she would forward me info to the hiring manager. A week later I followed up with her via email and she responded a day later stating the manager would contact me sometime in the next week. The manager called to schedule a formal telephone interview In the next few days. The telephone interview went well I believe. He said he was scheduled to visit my area in the following week. We interviewed on Monday and I was contacted on Thursday to do a skills assessment and in person interview. I understood we would have to negotiate the salary. I took the assessment test after an in person 1on1 interview with the hiring manager. The test consisted of a booklet of four sections. Each section had about 25 questions. There was a section to interpret and identify errors in policy information, arithmetic math, problem solving questions and grammar. I found the sections on policy info and problem solving to be challenging. These sections were timed for about 20 minutes each. Then there was a simple test to write something, easy excel test and a self evaluation of skills. I was informed that I need at least 70% to pass... So i figured i could answer up to 30 wrong. I was only uncertain on about 10-12 questions so I thought I was ok. This all took about 3 hours. It was a bit harder than I expected. Again, this was a Thursday and the manager said I would hear back by the following Friday at the latest. If out from HR that I didn't not pass the assessment test. She did not have the grading details but indicated I could not move forward in the process. Needless to say, I'm devastated.