The "ghosting" is just something you have to get used to as a candidate? Though the ideal upper bound seems to be about 3 weeks net turnaround (for steps 1-4,

The "ghosting" is just something you have to get used to as a candidate? Though the ideal upper bound seems to be about 3 weeks net turnaround (for steps 1-4, altogether) for smaller companies (perhaps longer for monster-sized companies), nearly any time can be "reasonable"... as long as you get back to people by the time you say you will, more or less, at each stage in the process. It's the "by the time you say you will" part that these companies seem to be having inordinate difficulty holding up to. And what people on the receiving end tend to find to be quite grating to be on the receiving end of, over and over and over again.