I was headhunted by WGSN's holding company Ascential. Had a preliminary call with someone from Ascential's talent acquisition team to find out more about my interest, ambitions, skills and experience match, salary expectations and notice period. Waited many weeks to finally pin down an interview time/date due to talent contact being on holiday and the WGSN contact being on work trips and holiday. Interview ended up being over conference call, audio only. Positive conversation with a WSGN director explaining relevant projects, approaches to trend analysis and strategy, and more about the role. I got back in touch with WGSN after a few weeks of radio silence. It turned out the talent acquisition contact had bailed out of his role and neglected to pass on the message that my application was unsuccessful. WGSN claimed they made an internal hire instead. TL;DR: excruciating delays between stages and poor communication. Not impressed.