[jarrettcoggin]

That isn't just in the Valley. It's all over. I don't know if it is simply more prevalent there versus other places, but when I was actively interviewing just before I graduated from college, I could count on one hand the companies that I had more than 1-2 technical interviews with and didn't take longer than 45 days from start to finish to give me a decision. It was very routine for companies to wait a full month before supplying me with a final answer.

There were plenty of companies (I'm guessing around 50%) that simply never responded back to me, even if I sent them an inquiry about where I stood in the interview process.

I think the worst one was a company that: - did an initial HR interview with me, then asked to me come back 3 weeks later. - sat me down for a 3 hour long "Skills Examination and Aptitude Test" (think SATs mixed with the ASVAB, "If you turn gear A, which direction will gear D turn" kind of stuff) - never called me in for an actual Technical Skills test - gave me an offer for a position that I didn't apply for, was not relevant to my skill set, was 15k lower than I expected for the position offered, and that I wasn't interested in.

Some of the companies I've talked to were dreadfully slow and got to the point that I simply didn't even remember talking to them when they finally responded. When they finally responded, I'd look up the last time they contacted me in a spreadsheet I kept and ask them why it took them X months to respond. The usual answers were, "we had so many applicants"/"The previous HR employee left"/"That position is no longer open but we wanted to consider you for another"/etc.