A few years back I interviewed for a software architect position at a major US airline. I actually had experience with every one of the 20+ things they listed

A few years back I interviewed for a software architect position at a major US airline. I actually had experience with every one of the 20+ things they listed on their availability description, including the “nice to haves”, some of which was sort of obscure but I had actually done quite a bit of work with anyway. So they phone screened me, I got feedback from the recruiter that the phone screen went well and they wanted to bring me in for a face-to-face. I took a day off of my then-current job to drive out there and spend nearly a whole day (four hours) talking to them. I got word back from the recruiter that things went great, but a week later they asked me to come out for ANOTHER face-to-face, so I took ANOTHER day off to spend the whole day talking to them. I got feedback from the recruiter that things went great, and I should hear back from them any time. A week passed, nothing. I called the recruiter. He said he hadn’t heard back from them. Another week passed, nothing. I never heard back from them.