Well, I believe it was supposed to be only 2. They were a total mess. I sent them a nasty email after, damn the consequences. The 2nd times I was supposed to go and get SQL tested (I have a degree in MIS, and really think that’s lame but a lot of places want testing now). When I went for the 2nd one they testing guy wasn’t in at all, so they had me talk to the CFO instead.
So I was totally thrown off. I was ready for a technical interview and had one with a guy that literally didn’t know what the reporting system I’d be working on is called.
Then they scheduled an interview to do the technical test online from home and they stood me up on that. Then I got the ‘we’re not going this direction and we’re not doing this job at all’.
After that I told them they are pathetic. The recruiter I was using left me a nasty voicemail. Was the worst interviewing experience of my life and I’m not a noob at them. And each time I went was a pretty far drive. Companies these days know they can do whatever they want and they care less than ever about treating people professionally so screw them.
Once, I took a phone interview with a company for (what I thought was) a Windows / VMware position. First thing out of the interviewer's mouth - not "Hi.", not "How are you.", no pleasantries whatsoever - was "How well do you know Unix?"
"I don't, but I'm willing to learn." was my response, approximately.
"OK, thanks for taking our call." (Click)
The interview was at 11:00. I called the recruiter who set it up at 11:00:25, and the first thing he said was "Jeez, this can't be good news." :-)
I later found out that I'd not have wanted to work at this place anyway, it was a real meat grinder. So these things tend to work out.