I had a friend who had a similar experience to the candidate in the article, but at T-Mobile. He was unemployed. They interviewed him 5 times over a month and

I had a friend who had a similar experience to the candidate in the article, but at T-Mobile. He was unemployed. They interviewed him 5 times over a month and a half, and tried to get him on site for a 6th interview loop roughly 2 months after starting the whole process. They were most put out when he told them he'd already got another job. He was amazed at how offended they were, especially that he'd wasted their time. He was, apparently, supposed to just sit around and wait for them to make a decision, because who needs money to pay for things like rent, food etc?