No, you will hear back. We're trying really hard to keep to the 6 weeks thing but sometimes we don't succeed.

I would think that startups would want to bias for people that can make good decisions quickly, within a short decision time. Perhaps hardware startups want more conservative employees?

Also in my experience, a fabulous candidate is sometimes only available for a very short time window (they either have become available due to unforeseen circumstances, or they are snapped up by a faster mover).

Is six weeks fast in your opinion?

In general: no, we'd love for things to be faster than six weeks. We just get a tremendous amount of applicants, and we have a lot of work to do. So the queue gets backed up. Hiring is hard.

Not insinuating that I'm a "fabulous" candidate (also totally possible that I am!), but I've been experiencing the opposite. The quickest offers I've received have had the most red flags.

The places I'd like to work seem to move slower and require more preparation. For instance Oxide has applicants put together a lot of written work and another company has a seemingly easy take-home project but which requires unfamiliar (to me) setup that I haven't had time to tackle. Then there are the faang-style interviews with loops scheduled perhaps weeks in the future.

I may send another round of applications soon, but I'm going to be more selective so I can manage the process better.

Please get back to them today, this is a prompt or cue to rescue this one from falling through the cracks. You never know...

Thank you, that does help. I thankfully have some flexibility in my search… and I promise the other replies aren’t alt accounts!

They got back to me after about 5.5 weeks (it was a no, but nicely worded). I think they are just really busy.