HN, Always learn a ton from this board so I'm hoping I can get some insight from this. A very large tech company reached out to me about an open contract role on their marketing team in my hometown, and began a series of interviews (four total) culminating with a submitted project that I completed for them to get a better idea of my skillset.<p>Two weeks after submitting the application, I received no response. I reached out to the hiring manager (who would also be "the boss" were I to get hired) and they commented that they had to tie up loose ends with HR.<p>Another week goes by. I reach out again, and received a response a few days later, that hiring for this role has been paused indefinitely.<p>On Monday, I noticed a new role posted. It's now a full-time role, though responsibilities are largely the same. I reach out to the same Hiring Manager, and they confirmed it is on their team.<p>So I applied and let them know that I'm keen to re-start our conversation, especially given I've had four conversations with them and others on their team. Now, I've received an automated rejection to my application.<p>Frankly, I'm surprised such a large org can mismanage their hiring process to this point, and am thinking about reaching out to their HR team to get a better understanding of what exactly happened. I worked very hard on my submitted project, and an opportunity on this team and at this company would be massive, but I'm really shocked and upset about how this transpired.<p>Is it worth it to reach out to HR to, at the very least, get feedback on my work and interviews? I put a lot of time and effort researching this org, and working on the project they asked of me, and to get nothing from it really makes me feel like shit.<p>Thanks HN!