This whole process has been so ... unusual and stressful.
8/24 Applied for FT posiition
8/31 Got a response asking for "essay" answers to questions. The training date start was listed as Oct 8.
I heard nothing back, so I assumed I wasn't a candidate.
9/11 Out of the blue, I got a call and email from a recruiter for my first interview. It went well. She said I'd hear something within two days about a second interview.
9/14 The first recruiter called me again and offered me a PT gig. Odd, since the first call focused on my being able to work FT. I had to decline (I can't afford PT work).
9/17 The first recruiter called again and said she had a FT position open and was forwarding my info to another recruiter.
9/21 Interview with second recruiter. It seemed to go well bu she asked me pretty much the same questions as the first recruiter. The training date start was now Nov 5. At the end of the interview, she told me she was recommending that I go further in the process and told me to await a interview scheduling email in the next day or so.
9/22 Email asking me to set up an interview and asking me to choose a date/time. It took me aback that all the dates were 2 weeks away.
9/25 I got an email asking me to fill out the official application (something I think a lot of you got after the 3rd interview but before the BC).
10/4 Interview with third person, who I thought was going to be a TL but seemed to be another recruiter (except for two general questions, he asked me the same questions as the first two -- no role play, no real tech stuff).
I have years of tech and customer service experience (and a "kill 'em with kindness attitude), but it strongly seems I've been in the "maybe" pile during this whole process.
And now I wait.