Paylocity Software Engineer interview experience

I completed a take-home technical assignment and then had a 1:1 review of what I turned in, which helped me understand what they were looking for. After that, I went through a panel review focused on frontend components, and finally I met with the hiring manager.

Up until the last stage, communication was decent, but after the final interview the silence was the striking part. Emails went unanswered for weeks, and I never got meaningful closure even though the whole sequence had felt like it was moving toward a decision. The take-home itself was the part that demanded the most effort, and